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Head of security near to troubled US politician (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

senator

'us politician' is the definition.
(the US has a senate)

'head of security near to troubled' is the wordplay.
'head of' says to take the initial letters.
'troubled' indicates an anagram.
The first letter of 'security' is 's'.
'near'+'to'='nearto'
'nearto' with letters rearranged gives 'enator'.
's'+'enator'='SENATOR'

(Other definitions for senator that I've seen before include "politician going wrong" , "Legislative body member" , "Treason committed by member of Upper House" , "Upper House member involved in treason" , "Clinton, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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