Demands emphatically (7)

I believe the answer is:

insists

(Other definitions for insists that I've seen before include "Demands firmly, not accepting refusal" , "Contends" , "Maintains persistently" , "Brooks no refusal" , "Maintains firmly" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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