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Joined and made an effort to oust far right (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tied

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'joined' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'made an effort to oust far right' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'an' could be 'i' (Roman numeral for one) and 'i' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ted' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for tied that I've seen before include "Made bow" , "Drew; bound" , "Fastened with string" , "(Of pub) brewery-owned" , "Drawn" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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