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Comic book star up in her, rose alarmingly

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superhero

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'comic book star' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'up in her rose alarmingly' is the wordplay.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'alarmingly' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'her'+'rose'='herrose'
'herrose' anagrammed gives 'serhero'.
'up' inserted within 'serhero' is 'SUPERHERO'.

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(Other definitions for superhero that I've seen before include "One possibly involved in saving" , "Her poseur (anag.)" , "Batman perhaps" , "I'm often seen in a cape" , "Fictional character with strange powers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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