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Boos from Republican interrupting Obama speech at first (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

barracks

'boos' is the definition.
(barrack can mean to boo or jeer)

'republican interrupting obama speech at first' is the wordplay.
'republican' becomes 'R' (abbreviation).
'interrupting' is an insertion indicator.
'obama' becomes 'Barack' (Barack Obama).
'at first' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'speech' is 's'.
'r' inserted into 'barack' is 'barrack'.
'barrack'+'s'='BARRACKS'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for barracks that I've seen before include "Buildings to accommodate armies" , "Loudly criticises" , "Large block" , "men who fight in houses here" , "Army buildings" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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