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Standing up, let vicar out (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vertical

'standing up' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'let vicar out' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'let'+'vicar'='letvicar'
'letvicar' anagrammed gives 'VERTICAL'.

(Other definitions for vertical that I've seen before include "Not laid down" , "Upright, perpendicular" , "Absolutely upright" , "Perfectly upright" , "At right angles to the horizontal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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