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Bend to hear the Speaker and part of Conservative policy (7)

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I believe the answer is:

incline

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'bend to' is the definition.
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'hear the speaker and part of conservative policy' is the wordplay.
'hear' becomes 'see' (synonyms).
'the speaker' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue (I've seen 'of the speaker' mean this (how the word might sound when spoken)).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'part of' becomes 'in' (being in something means being part of it).
'conservative policy' becomes 'line' (the party line is a party's policy on something. I am not sure about the 'conservative' bit.).
'see' is a homophone of 'c'.
'c' put after 'in' is 'inc'.
'inc'+'line'='INCLINE'

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(Other definitions for incline that I've seen before include "Gradient" , "Turn" , "bank" , "Tend; lean" , "Have a tendency to do or be something" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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