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Lift out of order eg in the hospital (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heighten

'lift' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'order eg in the hospital' is the wordplay.
'order' indicates an anagram.
'hospital' becomes 'h'.
'eg'+'in'+'the'+'h'='egintheh'
'egintheh' is an anagram of 'HEIGHTEN'.

'out of' is the link.

(Other definitions for heighten that I've seen before include "Intensify, enhance" , "Elevate - intensify" , "Intensify; make taller" , "Become more intense" , "Increase in amount of degree" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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