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Blockage I end in diplomatic reasoning (5)

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I believe the answer is:

logic

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

'blockage i end in diplomatic' is the wordplay.
'blockage' becomes 'log' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'end in' suggests the final letters.
The last letter of 'diplomatic' is 'c'.
'log'+'i'+'c'='LOGIC'

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(Other definitions for logic that I've seen before include "Reasoned argument" , "method of reasoning" , "Rationale ?" , "this makes sense" , "System of reasoning" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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