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Encouraged by sending dean there (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heartened

'encouraged' is the definition.
(heartening is a kind of encouraging)

'sending dean there' is the wordplay.
'sending' is an anagram indicator (letters are sent to different positions).
'dean'+'there'='deanthere'
'deanthere' is an anagram of 'HEARTENED'.

'by' acts as a link.

(Another definition for heartened that I've seen is " Encouraged in cardiac way?".)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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