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Deputy is not quite upright (5-2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stand-in

'deputy' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'not quite upright' is the wordplay.
'not quite' means to remove the last letter (most but not all of the word).
'upright' becomes 'standing' (I've seen this before).
'standing' with its final letter taken away is 'STAND-IN'.

'is' acts as a link.

(Another definition for stand-in that I've seen is " Substitute".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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