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Legislator flying Martian airplane (15)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parliamentarian

'legislator' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'flying martian airplane' is the wordplay.
'flying' indicates an anagram (letters fly around into new positions).
'martian'+'airplane'='martianairplane'
'martianairplane' anagrammed gives 'PARLIAMENTARIAN'.

(Other definitions for parliamentarian that I've seen before include "Eg, an MP" , "politician" , "legislator" , "elected representative?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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