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Express pleasure for Conservative line (4)

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crow

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'express pleasure' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'conservative line' is the wordplay.
'conservative' becomes 'C' (UK political abbreviation).
'line' becomes 'row' (row is a kind of line).
'c'+'row'='CROW'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for crow that I've seen before include "Black bird; boast" , "One joins others in a murder" , "Make sound of cock - bird" , "Gloat" , "Express triumph; bird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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