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Decline to admit a Conservative's in front (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

facade

'front' is the definition.
(I know that facade is a type of front)

'decline to admit a conservative's' is the wordplay.
'decline' becomes 'fade' (I've seen this before).
'to admit' indicates putting letters inside.
'conservative' becomes 'C' (UK political abbreviation).
'a'+'c'='ac'
'fade' placed around 'ac' is 'FACADE'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for facade that I've seen before include "piece by Walton" , "exterior" , "Walton's setting of Sitwell's verses" , "Showy front" , "Front - mask" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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