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Suggest being part of strike, so people rise up (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pose

'suggest' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'part of strike so people rise up' is the wordplay.
'part of' indicates a hidden word.
'up' says the letters should be written in reverse (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'esop' can be found hidden inside 'strike so people rise'.
'esop' back-to-front is 'POSE'.

'being' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for pose that I've seen before include "Pretend to be somebody else" , "position" , "Models do it for photographic or artistic purposes" , "Model - ask (question)" , "Present (problem), sit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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