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Want to stand in centre of Arsenal flag (7)

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I believe the answer is:

slacken

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'centre of arsenal flag' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'want to stand in' is the wordplay.
'want' becomes 'lack' (synonyms).
'to stand' becomes 'sen' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'lack' going into 'sen' is 'SLACKEN'.

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(Other definitions for slacken that I've seen before include "Ease off (work)" , "Loosen -- become less busy" , "reduce tension" , "Loosen, eg, a rope" , "Make looser" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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