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Put out about biography finally lacking spiritual elevation (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

uplift

'spiritual elevation' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'put out about biography finally lacking' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'biography' becomes 'life' ('life' can be a synonym of 'biography').
'finally lacking' means to remove the last letter.
'put' is an anagram of 'upt'.
'life' with its final letter taken off is 'lif'.
'upt' going around 'lif' is 'UPLIFT'.

(Other definitions for uplift that I've seen before include "Elevation (of the spirit)" , "Boost" , "Spiritual elevation" , "Increase; moral elevation" , "Elevate, elate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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