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Survives flipping flashy jewellery for brother? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

sibling

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'brother?' is the definition.
(I know that brother can be written as sibling)

'survives flipping flashy jewellery' is the wordplay.
'survives' becomes 'is' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'flipping' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'flashy jewellery' becomes 'bling' (I've seen this before).
'is' backwards is 'si'.
'si'+'bling'='SIBLING'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for sibling that I've seen before include "Maybe brother" , "Bro, perhaps" , "Close relative" , "Brother or sister by the same parents" , "Bro or sis" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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