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Standing for the Queen, rising and objecting to being under pressure (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

representing

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'standing for' is the definition.
('represent' can be a synonym of 'stand for')

'the queen rising and objecting to being under pressure' is the wordplay.
'the queen rising' becomes 're' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'objecting to' becomes 'resenting' (to resent something is to object to it).
'being under' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'pressure' becomes 'p' (abbreviation).
'resenting' put after 'p' is 'presenting'.
're' next to 'presenting' is 'REPRESENTING'.

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(Other definitions for representing that I've seen before include "Speaking for" , "Acting for" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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