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Laze about with Tory members who foster fanaticism (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

zealotry

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'foster fanaticism' is the definition.
'zealotry' can be an answer for 'fanaticism' (synonyms). I am unsure of the 'foster' bit.

'laze about with tory members' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates anagramming the letters.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'members' indicates anagramming the letters (members or parts of the anagram in a different way).
'laze' is an anagram of 'zeal'.
'tory' is an anagram of 'otry'.
'zeal'+'otry'='ZEALOTRY'

'who' is the link.

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(Other definitions for zealotry that I've seen before include "Extremism" , "Excessive religious enthusiasm" , "Keenness" , "Excessive devotion" , "Fanatacism" .)

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