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Got up surprisingly sore (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rose

'got up' is the definition.
(past tense of 'raise')

'surprisingly sore' is the wordplay.
'surprisingly' indicates an anagram (a surprising ordering of the letters).
'sore' with letters rearranged gives 'ROSE'.

(Other definitions for rose that I've seen before include "18 [ROSE]" , "Perforated nozzle" , "' a . . . ./By any other name would smell as sweet' (Shakespeare)" , "beauty" , "moved from seat?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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