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I'd rise up over authoritarian region (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

district

'region' is the definition.
(I know that district is a type of region)

'i'd rise up over authoritarian' is the wordplay.
'rise up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (I've seen 'rising up' mean this (in a down clue, letters go up)).
'over' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go over others).
'authoritarian' becomes 'strict' (I've seen this before).
'id' reversed gives 'di'.
'di'+'strict'='DISTRICT'

(Other definitions for district that I've seen before include "Area, region" , "Territorial division" , "Region marked off for administrative or other purposes" , "Area (of a town/city)" , "London Underground line represented in green" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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