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English capital put into new ground and stand (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

undergo

'stand' is the definition.
(undergoing is a kind of standing)

'english capital put into new ground' is the wordplay.
'capital' suggests taking the first letters.
'put into' is an insertion indicator.
'new' is an anagram indicator.
The initial letter of 'english' is 'e'.
'ground' anagrammed gives 'undrgo'.
'e' placed within 'undrgo' is 'UNDERGO'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for undergo that I've seen before include "Endure, experience something" , "Experience or live through" , "Guerdon (anag.)" , "Suffer reverse" , "Suffer, experience" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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