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Thinks highly of one who's always in the reserves? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

reveres

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'thinks highly of' is the definition.
(revering is a kind of thinking highly of)

'always in the reserves?' is the wordplay.
'always' becomes 'ever' (synonyms).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'the reserves?' becomes 'res' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ever' inserted into 'res' is 'REVERES'.

'one who's' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for reveres that I've seen before include "Hero-worships" , "Venerates" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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