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Edwardian dresser police officer upended (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ted

'edwardian dresser' is the definition.

'police officer upended' is the wordplay.
'police officer' becomes 'det' (short form of Detective).
'upended' says the letters should be written backwards (in a down clue, letters go up).
'det' backwards is 'TED'.

(Other definitions for ted that I've seen before include "Turn over (hay); man's name" , "1950s teenager" , "The familiar American Senator Kennedy" , "Spread hay; man's name" , "Comic TV Father" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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