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Representative upset being limited by sex, so neutral? (14)

Ross

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congressperson

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'representative upset being limited by sex so neutral?' is the definition.
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'representative upset being limited by sex so neutral?' is the wordplay.
'representative' becomes 'rep' (rep is a kind of representative).
'upset' is a reversal indicator.
'being limited by' indicates putting letters inside (limit can mean to contain or border off).
'sex' becomes 'congress' (congress is a kind of sex).
'neutral?' becomes 'N' (abbreviation in electronics).
'rep' back-to-front is 'per'.
'congress'+'so'='congressso'
'per' going within 'congressso' is 'congressperso'.
'congressperso'+'n'='CONGRESSPERSON'

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