What does the cryptic crossword clue "Feeling uplifted about austere character, first to leave literary setting (9)" mean?

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Feeling uplifted about austere character, first to leave literary setting (9)

Times Cryptic #29420 | 4 Down | 2025-12-23

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AI~R (feeling) reversed [uplifted] containing [about] {p} URITAN (austere character) [first to leave]. A fictional European country created by author Anthony Hope in 1894 as the setting for The Prisoner of Zenda and various sequels.

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