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Set back, having raised sail? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

regular

'set' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'back having raised sail?' is the wordplay.
'back' becomes 'rear' (something's rear is its back).
'having' is an insertion indicator.
'raised' is a reversal indicator (going up in a down clue).
'sail?' becomes 'lug' (lug is a kind of sail).
'lug' backwards is 'gul'.
'rear' enclosing 'gul' is 'REGULAR'.

(Other definitions for regular that I've seen before include "Normal, steady" , "Occurring at fixed intervals" , "Usual, customary" , "Steady, in a fixed order" , "Steady, even" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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