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Most of team gathering at lift (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elevate

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'lift' is the definition.
(to elevate is to lift up)

'most of team gathering at' is the wordplay.
'most of team' becomes 'eleve' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'gathering' indicates putting letters inside.
'eleve' going around 'at' is 'ELEVATE'.

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(Other definitions for elevate that I've seen before include "Put on a pedestal" , "Raise or lift" , "Lift up or ennoble" , "Raise up, hold aloft" , "Raise to a higher position" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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