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Like fibre of male politician confronting Yankee (5)

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I believe the answer is:

hempy

'like fibre' is the definition.
(hemp is a type of fibre)

'male politician confronting yankee' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'he' (he refers to a man).
'politician' becomes 'MP' (Member of Parliament).
'confronting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'yankee' becomes 'Y' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'he'+'mp'+'y'='HEMPY'

'of' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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