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Stands for peers, stern, jumped-up (10)

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I believe the answer is:

represents

'stands for' is the definition.
(representing is a kind of standing for)

'peers stern jumped-up' is the wordplay.
'jumped-up' indicates anagramming the letters.
'peers'+'stern'='peersstern'
'peersstern' is an anagram of 'REPRESENTS'.

(Other definitions for represents that I've seen before include "Stands for" , "plays" , "shows" , "Portrays" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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