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Possessed more, being at court (3,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

had up

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'more being at court' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'possessed' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'possessed' could be 'had' (to have something is to possess it) and 'had' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'up' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for had up that I've seen before include "being courted" , "Put on trial" , "Brought before the court" , "Called to account before a court" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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