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Democrat to face reforms in effect

Ross

I believe the answer is:

defacto

'in effect' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'democrat to face reforms' is the wordplay.
'democrat' becomes 'd'.
'reforms' indicates an anagram.
'to'+'face'='toface'
'toface' anagrammed gives 'efacto'.
'd'+'efacto'='DEFACTO'

(Another definition for defacto that I've seen is " Actually".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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