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As an insignificant person, hard to become PM (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

asquith

'pm' is the definition.
(H. H. Asquith, UK prime minister 1908-1916)

'as an insignificant person hard' is the wordplay.
'an insignificant person' becomes 'quit' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hard' becomes 'h' (abbreviation used in pencil classifications).
'as'+'quit'+'h'='ASQUITH'

'to become' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for asquith that I've seen before include "old cabinet maker" , "Herbert - - , WW1 PM" , "Old PM" , "PM in 1914" , "Politician" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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