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By concealing a standing charge that's hefty (5)

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I believe the answer is:

beefy

'hefty' is the definition.
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'by concealing a standing charge' is the wordplay.
'concealing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a standing' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in a down clue, letters stand up).
'charge' becomes 'fee' (fee is a kind of charge).
'fee' back-to-front is 'eef'.
'by' placed around 'eef' is 'BEEFY'.

'that's' is the link.

(Other definitions for beefy that I've seen before include "like some bully?" , "Burly" , "Brawny" , "Muscular, robust" , "Colloquially muscular" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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