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Bubbly Conservative bridles (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

champers

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'bubbly' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'conservative bridles' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'conservative' could be 'c' (UK political abbreviation) and 'c' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'hampers' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for champers that I've seen before include "Kind of sparkling wine (slang)" , "Bubbly" , "People who eat" , "Might they be extremely eager" , "celebratory drink" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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