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I almost stand for flag (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iris

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'for flag' is the definition.
(type of iris flower)

'i almost stand' is the wordplay.
'almost' becomes 'sir' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'stand' is a reversal indicator (I've seen 'standing' mean this (in a down clue, letters stand up)).
'sir' in reverse letter order is 'ris'.
'i'+'ris'='IRIS'

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(Other definitions for iris that I've seen before include "Bright flower or eye part" , "Garden flower - part of eye" , "Flower and eye membrane" , "Coloured eye part" , "Film about writer _______ Murdoch" .)

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