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Run out, suspicious about stone platform (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rostrum

'platform' is the definition.
(I know that rostrum is a type of platform)

'run out suspicious about stone' is the wordplay.
'run out' becomes 'RO' (cricket abbreviation).
'suspicious' becomes 'rum' (rum can mean strange or dubious).
'about' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'stone' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'rum' after 'st' is 'strum'.
'ro'+'strum'='ROSTRUM'

(Other definitions for rostrum that I've seen before include "Raised platform" , "Rum rots (anag)" , "Conductor's dais" , "At which one may conduct" , "Platform for public speaking" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Independent.
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