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Cheerful, lazy teacher spreading standard for rules? (2,5,6)

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up there cazaly

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'cheerful lazy teacher spreading standard for rules?' is the definition.
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'cheerful lazy teacher spreading' is the wordplay.
'cheerful' becomes 'up' (up can mean cheerful or upbeat).
'spreading' indicates an anagram.
'lazy'+'teacher'='lazyteacher'
'lazyteacher' with letters rearranged gives 'therecazaly'.
'up'+'therecazaly'='UP THERE CAZALY'

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