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Excuses of English politician in kinky sext case (7)

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I believe the answer is:

exempts

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'excuses of english politician' is the definition.
'exempts' can be an answer for 'excuses' (to exempt is to excuse from). I'm not sure about the 'of english politician' bit.

'in kinky sext case' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'kinky' indicates anagramming the letters.
'case' becomes 'emp' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'sext' with letters rearranged gives 'exts'.
'exts' enclosing 'emp' is 'EXEMPTS'.

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(Other definitions for exempts that I've seen before include "Excuses" , "Lets off" , "Frees from liability" , "Frees from obligation, say jury service" , "Grants immunity to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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