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Outstanding features Kentish lad set up? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

noses

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'outstanding features' is the definition.
'noses' can be an answer for 'features' (facial features). I am unsure of the 'outstanding' bit.

'kentish lad set up?' is the wordplay.
'kentish' becomes 'SE' (South East).
'lad' becomes 'son' (lad can informally mean a young boy).
'set up?' says the letters should be written in reverse (I've seen 'set up' mean this (in a down clue, letters go up)).
'se'+'son'='seson'
'seson' written backwards gives 'NOSES'.

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(Other definitions for noses that I've seen before include "Proboscises" , "Schnozzles" , "Snouts" , "Hooters" , "Olfactory organs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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