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Danger of liberal Irish record being overturned (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peril

'danger' is the definition.
('peril' can be a synonym of 'danger')

'liberal irish record being overturned' is the wordplay.
'liberal' becomes 'l' (abbreviation).
'irish' becomes 'ir' (abbreviation).
'record' becomes 'ep'.
'being overturned' is a reversal indicator.
'l'+'ir'+'ep'='lirep'
'lirep' written backwards gives 'PERIL'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for peril that I've seen before include "risk" , "Danger of serious kind" , "Source of danger" , "Exposure to harm" , "Danger, jeopardy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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