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Passage for star one's raised (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sinus

'passage' is the definition.
(sinus is a kind of passage)

'star one's raised' is the wordplay.
'star' becomes 'sun' (Sun is an example).
'one's' becomes 'is' (roman numeral**).
'raised' says the letters should be written backwards.
'sun'+'is'='sunis'
'sunis' backwards is 'SINUS'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for sinus that I've seen before include "Anatomical cavity" , "Cavity in the facial bones" , "Hollow space" , "Airspace" , "Cavity linked to nose" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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