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Article shrewdly rejecting Liberal chaos (7)

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anarchy

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'chaos' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'article shrewdly' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'an' (indefinite article).
'shrewdly' becomes 'archy' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'an'+'archy'='ANARCHY'

'rejecting liberal' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for anarchy that I've seen before include "Collapse of order, rule" , "General disorder" , "State of civil disorder" , "State of disorder in society" , "Complete absence of law" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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