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Group deny act is revolting (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

syndicate

'group' is the definition.
(syndicate is a kind of group)

'deny act is revolting' is the wordplay.
'revolting' indicates anagramming the letters.
'deny'+'act'+'is'='denyactis'
'denyactis' anagrammed gives 'SYNDICATE'.

(Other definitions for syndicate that I've seen before include "Team" , "Business group supplied by CIE dynast" , "Affiliated group" , "Group of promoters with a common interest" , "Organised group of individuals" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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