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Ostracised Spanish yes man behind a shop (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sidelined

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'ostracised' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'spanish yes man behind a shop' is the wordplay.
'spanish yes' becomes 'si' (Yes in Spanish).
'man' becomes 'ned' (man's name).
'behind' says to put letters next to each other.
'a shop' becomes 'deli' (deli is a kind of shop).
'ned' put after 'deli' is 'delined'.
'si'+'delined'='SIDELINED'

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(Other definitions for sidelined that I've seen before include "Prevented from participating" , "Removed from active participation" , "Kept to the periphery" , "Confined to the periphery" , "kicked downstairs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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