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It's true about a politician taking time to proclaim loudly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trumpet

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'to proclaim loudly' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'it's true about a politician' is the wordplay.
'it' becomes 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT').
'true' becomes 't' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'about' says to put letters next to each other.
'a politician' becomes 'trump' (Donald Trump).
'e'+'t'='et'
'et' put after 'trump' is 'TRUMPET'.

'taking time' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for trumpet that I've seen before include "Metal wind instrument" , "Brass musical instrument" , "brassy type" , "Pert tum (anag.)" , "Orchestral or military instrument" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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