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Cynical Independent involved in Corbyn's downfall (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

byronic

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'cynical' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'independent involved in corbyn's downfall' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'independent' could be 'i' and 'i' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'corbyn' is 'byronc' which is within the left over letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for byronic that I've seen before include "Poet's" , "Darkly romantic" , "mad, bad, and dangerous to know?" , "Dark, mysterious, moody" , "Highly romantic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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