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Find Republican following a foreign chap (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

uncover

'find' is the definition.
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'republican following a foreign chap' is the wordplay.
'republican' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a foreign' becomes 'un' ('a' translated into French).
'chap' becomes 'cove' (British slang term).
'un'+'cove'='uncove'
'r' put after 'uncove' is 'UNCOVER'.

(Other definitions for uncover that I've seen before include "Make visible" , "Take the lid off" , "Expose, unveil" , "Strip off" , "show?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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