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DA quietly got up, then misled court? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prosecutor

'da' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'quietly got up then misled court?' is the wordplay.
'quietly' becomes 'p' (p for piano and quiet).
'got up' becomes 'rose' (I've seen this before).
'then' says to put letters next to each other.
'misled' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'misleading' mean this (I've seen this in other clues)).
'court' is an anagram of 'cutor'.
'p'+'rose'+'cutor'='PROSECUTOR'

(Other definitions for prosecutor that I've seen before include "Court official" , "One stating the case against a defendant" , "One who conducts case against defendant" , "One making case against defendant" , "originator of suit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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