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Uniform is rumpled, sad and tired after start of shift (12)

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standardised

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'uniform' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs can occasionally mean the same thing.

'rumpled sad and tired after start of shift' is the wordplay.
'rumpled' indicates anagramming the letters.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'start of' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'shift' is 's'.
'sad'+'and'+'tired'='sadandtired'
'sadandtired' with letters rearranged gives 'tandardised'.
'tandardised' put after 's' is 'STANDARDISED'.

'is' acts as a link.

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