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Conservative in shire stupidly reveals wealth (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

riches

'wealth' is the definition.
('riches' can be a synonym of 'wealth')

'conservative in shire stupidly' is the wordplay.
'conservative' becomes 'c' (abbreviation commonly used in UK politics).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'stupidly' indicates an anagram.
'shire' anagrammed gives 'rihes'.
'c' going inside 'rihes' is 'RICHES'.

'reveals' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for riches that I've seen before include "lot of lolly" , "Lots of money and expensive things" , "Material wealth" , "Great wealth" , "Abundance of material possessions and resources" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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