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Current Republican Party entertains torture for US punk singer (4,3)

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I believe the answer is:

iggy pop

'us punk singer' is the definition.

'current republican party entertains torture' is the wordplay.
'current' becomes 'i' (symbol for electric current).
'republican party' becomes 'gop' (Grand Old Party, nickname for the US Republicans).
'entertains' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'torture' becomes 'gyp' (I've seen this before).
'gop' placed around 'gyp' is 'ggypop'.
'i'+'ggypop'='IGGY POP'

'for' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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