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Stand to drop a testimonial issue (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

distribute

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'issue' is the definition.
(I know that issue is a more specific form of the action distribute)

'stand to drop a testimonial' is the wordplay.
'stand' is a reversal indicator (I've seen 'standing' mean this (in a down clue, letters stand up)).
'to drop' becomes 'sid' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a testimonial' becomes 'tribute' (synonyms).
'sid' written backwards gives 'dis'.
'dis'+'tribute'='DISTRIBUTE'

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(Other definitions for distribute that I've seen before include "spread" , "Hand or share out" , "Give out" , "Deal out" , "Supply" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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