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Exceptional man with great hope campaigning very vigorously? (2,3,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

on the rampage

'campaigning very vigorously?' is the definition.
(fighting a campaign)

'exceptional man with great hope' is the wordplay.
'exceptional' indicates an anagram.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'man'+'great'+'hope'='mangreathope'
'mangreathope' is an anagram of 'ON THE RAMPAGE'.

(Other definitions for on the rampage that I've seen before include "Storming about, behaving violently" , "Storming about, behaving wildly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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