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Hypocritical talk about administrative division (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

canton

'administrative division' is the definition.
(canton is a kind of administrative division)

'hypocritical talk about' is the wordplay.
'hypocritical talk' becomes 'cant' (I've seen this before).
'about' becomes 'on'.
'cant'+'on'='CANTON'

(Other definitions for canton that I've seen before include "Political district of Switzerland" , "European territory" , "part of Europe" , "It cannot be in Switzerland" , "Old 5 [CHINESE] city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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