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Still standing naked, so it's said, carrying extremely dilapidated toy (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

teddy bear

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'extremely dilapidated toy' is the definition.
'teddy bear' can be an answer for 'toy' (teddy bear is a kind of toy). I am unsure of the 'extremely dilapidated' bit.

'still standing naked so it's said carrying' is the wordplay.
'still standing' becomes 'teddy' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'naked' becomes 'bare' (synonyms).
'so it's said' shows a homophone (sound like).
'carrying' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, the bottom letters carry others).
'bare' is a homophone of 'bear'.
'teddy'+'bear'='TEDDY BEAR'

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(Other definitions for teddy bear that I've seen before include "Rupert, perhaps" , "Cuddly ursine" , "cling to this for comfort?" , "Cuddly toy, named after President Roosevelt" , "Cuddly toy named after a US president" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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