Entails being outstanding (7)

I believe the answer is:

salient

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'outstanding' is the definition.
(I know that outstanding can be written as salient)

'entails' is the wordplay.
'entails' anagrams to 'SALIENT'.
However, I am not sure how this is indicated.

'being' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for salient that I've seen before include "Outstanding - it's lean (anag)" , "Entails being most noticeable" , "Prominent, most noticeable" , "obvious" , "part of defences" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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