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Drape suspended up in the air (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hanging

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'drape' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'suspended up in the air' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'in' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for hanging that I've seen before include "Suspended" , "Capital punishment" , "Pendent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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