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Desperately dry, I clam up in party (5,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plaid cymru

'party' is the definition.
(Welsh political party)

'desperately dry i clam up' is the wordplay.
'desperately' indicates an anagram.
'dry'+'i'+'clam'+'up'='dryiclamup'
'dryiclamup' anagrammed gives 'PLAID CYMRU'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for plaid cymru that I've seen before include "Welsh political party" , "party in Wales" , "Welsh Nationalist party" , "party in UK" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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