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Disorder law catching politician (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rumple

'disorder' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'law catching politician' is the wordplay.
'law' becomes 'rule' (rule is a kind of law).
'catching' indicates putting letters inside.
'politician' becomes 'mp'.
'rule' placed around 'mp' is 'RUMPLE'.

(Other definitions for rumple that I've seen before include "Disturb the smoothness" , "disorder" , "mess" , "Dishevel, ruffle" , "Make untidy, say clothes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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