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Standard e-mail from Dicky (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oriflamme

'standard' is the definition.
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'e-mail from dicky' is the wordplay.
'dicky' indicates an anagram (dicky can mean ill or non-functioning).
'e'+'mail'+'from'='emailfrom'
'emailfrom' anagrammed gives 'ORIFLAMME'.

(Other definitions for oriflamme that I've seen before include "Knight's standard (hist.)" , "French flag" , "Banner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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