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Leave secretly last month with a politician (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

decamp

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

'last month with a politician' is the wordplay.
'last month' becomes 'dec' (short for December, last month of the year).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'politician' becomes 'MP' (Member of Parliament).
'dec'+'a'+'mp'='DECAMP'

(Other definitions for decamp that I've seen before include "Mizzle" , "Split" , "Move on" , "Run away (unseen)" , "Do a runner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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