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Upright one put inside damaged chalet (7)

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I believe the answer is:

ethical

'upright' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'one put inside damaged chalet' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'put inside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'damaged' indicates anagramming the letters.
'chalet' with letters rearranged gives 'ethcal'.
'i' put inside 'ethcal' is 'ETHICAL'.

(Other definitions for ethical that I've seen before include "In accordance with approved moral standards" , "Moral, honest" , "Morally correct, in accordance with professional standards" , "Morally acceptable" , "Conforming to accepted standards of behaviour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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