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Comedian with strange hunch, on time for campaign (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

witch hunt

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'campaign' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'comedian with strange hunch on time' is the wordplay.
'comedian' becomes 'wit' (a witty person).
'with' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'strange' indicates anagramming the letters.
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'hunch' after 't' is 'thunch'.
'thunch' is an anagram of 'tchhun'.
'wit' going around 'tchhun' is 'WITCH-HUNT'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for witch hunt that I've seen before include "Harassment of those with dissenting views" , "Search for scapegoats" , "Campaign to discredit someone for their allegedly unorthodox views" , "Rigorous campaign to expose (alleged) dissenters" , "Unjustified persecution" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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