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Spiked a Republican, snared by drug (7)

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I believe the answer is:

speared

'spiked' is the definition.
(spearing is a kind of spiking)

'a republican snared by drug' is the wordplay.
'republican' becomes 'R' (abbreviation).
'snared by' is an insertion indicator.
'drug' becomes 'speed' (speed is a kind of drug).
'a'+'r'='ar'
'ar' inserted into 'speed' is 'SPEARED'.

(Another definition for speared that I've seen is " hit by javelin maybe!".)

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