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Acknowledge offers regularly accepted by right-wing politicians (7)

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I believe the answer is:

confess

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'acknowledge' is the definition.
(I know that confess is a kind of acknowledge)

'offers regularly accepted by right-wing politicians' is the wordplay.
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'accepted by' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are accepted).
'right-wing politicians' becomes 'cons' (short for Conservatives. I am not sure about the 'right-wing' bit.).
The alternating letters of 'offers' are 'fes'.
'fes' going inside 'cons' is 'CONFESS'.

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(Other definitions for confess that I've seen before include "Admit (to crime)" , "Admit (to wrongdoing)" , "Tell a priest one's sins" , "Plead guilty (in order to receive absolution?)" , "Concede" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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