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Promoted recent way of abbreviating a list (2,2)

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I believe the answer is:

et al

'way of abbreviating a list' is the definition.
(way of abbreviating a list of people)

'promoted recent' is the wordplay.
'promoted' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up, in a down clue).
'recent' becomes 'late' (similar in meaning).
'late' back-to-front is 'ET AL'.

(Other definitions for et al that I've seen before include "Latin notation - late for others" , "along with others" , "'And others, to the old Romans (2,2)'" , "And the rest (Lat. abbr.)" , "Latin abbreviation meaning 'and others'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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