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Rise and call out an email command (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ascend

'rise' is the definition.
(I know that rise can be written as ascend)

'out an email command' is the wordplay.
'out' is an insertion indicator.
'an' becomes 'a'.
'email' becomes 'send' (I've seen this in another clue).
'command' becomes 'c' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'a'+'send'='asend'
'asend' going around 'c' is 'ASCEND'.

'and call' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

(Other definitions for ascend that I've seen before include "Move upward" , "Dances (anag.)" , "shift to a higher plane" , "Gain altitude" , "Move upwards" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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