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Conservative leader suspended for being shifty? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

changing

'being shifty?' is the definition.
('shifty' can mean 'changing')

'conservative leader suspended' is the wordplay.
'leader' indicates taking the first letters.
'suspended' becomes 'hanging' ('hanging' can be a synonym of 'suspended').
The first letter of 'conservative' is 'c'.
'c'+'hanging'='CHANGING'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for changing that I've seen before include "Altering" , "Switching" , "Fluctuating" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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