Indignation as Republican's in the middle of power loss (7)
I believe the answer is:
outrage
'indignation' is the definition.
(outrage can mean indignation or fury)
'republican's in the middle of power loss' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found within the answer.
'republican' could be 'r' (abbreviation in US politics) and 'r' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'as' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for outrage that I've seen before include "Shock horror!" , "Shocking event" , "scandalous!" , "Gross violation of decency" , "Very angry reaction" .)