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Economic recovery ahead: seat suspended? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

upswing

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

'ahead seat suspended?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'ahead' could be 'up' (similar in meaning) and 'up' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'swing' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for upswing that I've seen before include "Economic recovery" , "Improving trend" , "Economic improvement" , "Positive movement or trend" , "Remarkably typical" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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