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Passes certain measures (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hands

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'passes' is the definition.
('hand' can be a synonym of 'pass')

'certain measures' is the wordplay.
'certain' becomes 'han' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'measures' becomes 'Ds' (D is an example).
'han'+'ds'='HANDS'

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(Other definitions for hands that I've seen before include "Gives" , "Workers" , "Players' cards" , "Cards given out in deal" , "Measurements for horses" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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