Sid turned right up, Edward got held up (9)
I believe the answer is:
disrupted
'held up' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'sid turned right up edward' is the wordplay.
'turned' is a reversal indicator.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'edward' becomes 'ted'.
'sid' in reverse letter order is 'dis'.
'dis'+'r'+'up'+'ted'='DISRUPTED'
'got' is the link.
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