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Conservative, a member of the team? (5-6)

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I believe the answer is:

right-winger

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'conservative' is the definition.
(I know that right-winger is a type of conservative)

'a member of the team?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'member' could be 'right' (right is a kind of member) and 'right' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'winger' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for right-winger that I've seen before include "team member" , "Blue" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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