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Clear up and bin rubbish? Not for a sovereign! (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

republican

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'not for a sovereign' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'clear up and bin rubbish?' is the wordplay.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'rubbish?' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'rubbish' mean this).
'clear'+'up'='clearup'
'clearup' put after 'bin' is 'binclearup'.
'binclearup' anagrammed gives 'REPUBLICAN'.

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(Other definitions for republican that I've seen before include "in foreign party" , "American in party" , "Eg Lincoln" , "Member of US political party" , "American politician" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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