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Swine, English, keeping others standing (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prestige

'standing' is the definition.
(prestige is a kind of standing)

'swine english keeping others' is the wordplay.
'swine' becomes 'pig' (pig is a kind of swine).
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'keeping' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'others' becomes 'rest' (I've seen this before).
'pig'+'e'='pige'
'pige' enclosing 'rest' is 'PRESTIGE'.

(Other definitions for prestige that I've seen before include "High esteem" , "High repute" , "It's good standing" , "Status, reputation" , "Reputation based on achievements" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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