Crossword Genius

Postpone being injudiciously freed (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

defer

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'postpone' is the definition.
(I know that postpone can be written as defer)

'injudiciously freed' is the wordplay.
'freed' anagrams to 'DEFER'.
However, I am unsure how the anagram is indicated.

'being' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for defer that I've seen before include "Freed in order to postpone" , "Yield to authority" , "stall" , "Yield to another's opinion" , "Allow precedence (to)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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