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Cool, American, ironic? 'Not I!', troubled Democrat's interrupting (3-9)

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I believe the answer is:

air-condition

'cool' is the definition.
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'american ironic? not i troubled democrat's interrupting' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'troubled' indicates an anagram.
'democrat' becomes 'd'.
'interrupting' is an insertion indicator.
'a'+'ironic'+'not'+'i'='aironicnoti'
'aironicnoti' is an anagram of 'airconition'.
'airconition' placed around 'd' is 'AIR-CONDITION'.

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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