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Stick turned over by antelope on large plateau (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tableland

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'plateau' is the definition.
(I know that plateau can be written as tableland)

'stick turned over by antelope on large' is the wordplay.
'stick' becomes 'bat' (bat is a type of stick).
'turned over' is a reversal indicator.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'antelope' becomes 'eland' (eland is a kind of antelope).
'on large' becomes 'l' (eg in clothes sizes. I am not sure about the 'on' bit.).
'bat' backwards is 'tab'.
'eland' put after 'l' is 'leland'.
'tab'+'leland'='TABLELAND'

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(Other definitions for tableland that I've seen before include "Elevated area" , "Broad high plateau" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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