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Forgotten nationalist voted in to overthrow government (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

neglected

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'forgotten' is the definition.
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'nationalist voted in to overthrow government' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'nationalist' could be 'n' (abbreviation in politics) and 'n' is present in the answer.
'government' could be 'g' (abbreviation for government) and 'g' is located in the answer.
'voted in' could be 'elected' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'elected' is present in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for neglected that I've seen before include "Not cared for" , "Didn't give proper care or attention to" , "Ignored, left undone" , "Treated carelessly" , "Overlooked" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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