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Let Liberal moving south stand (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

easel

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'moving south stand' is the definition.
'easel' can be an answer for 'stand' (stand for an artist's canvas). I'm not certain of the 'moving south' bit.

'let liberal' is the wordplay.
'let' becomes 'ease' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'liberal' becomes 'l' (abbreviation).
'ease'+'l'='EASEL'

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(Other definitions for easel that I've seen before include "Supporter for the artist" , "Support for artist's canvas" , "Tripod supporting a canvas" , "Blackboard supporter" , "stand for creativity" .)

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