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Language of nameless politician gets close to berserk (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

greek

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'language' is the definition.
(Greek is an example)

'nameless politician gets close to berserk' is the wordplay.
'nameless politician' becomes 'gree' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'gets' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'close to' indicates one should take the final letters (the close/ending of).
The final letter of 'berserk' is 'k'.
'gree'+'k'='GREEK'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for greek that I've seen before include "Foreigner" , "Mediterranean native" , "One from Salonika" , "Hellenic" , "A native of Athens" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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