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Explode elite agenda trying to appeal to everybody (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

populist

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'trying to appeal to everybody' is the definition.
(populism tries to appeal to ordinary people)

'explode elite agenda' is the wordplay.
'explode' becomes 'pop' (I've seen this in another clue).
'elite' becomes 'u' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'agenda' becomes 'list' (I've seen this in another clue).
'pop'+'u'+'list'='POPULIST'

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(Other definitions for populist that I've seen before include "Pandering to public taste" , "not favouring elite" , "Appealing to the masses" , "out to appeal to plebs" , "Appealing to the majority" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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