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Fool in Conservative crowd (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

clot

'fool' is the definition.
(I've seen this in other clues)

'conservative crowd' is the wordplay.
'conservative' becomes 'C' (UK political abbreviation).
'crowd' becomes 'lot' (a lot of people).
'c'+'lot'='CLOT'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for clot that I've seen before include "Mass of material" , "Thrombus - fool" , "Coagulate -- 1 across person" , "Thick lump - thick person" , "Silly billy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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