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Anticipated accepting nothing traitor coughed up (12)

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I believe the answer is:

expectorated

'coughed up' is the definition.
('expectorate' can be a synonym of 'cough up')

'anticipated accepting nothing traitor' is the wordplay.
'anticipated' becomes 'expected' ('expected' can be similar in meaning to 'anticipated'**).
'accepting' is an insertion indicator.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'traitor' becomes 'rat' (I've seen this before).
'o'+'rat'='orat'
'expected' going around 'orat' is 'EXPECTORATED'.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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