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MPs set for reshuffle to accommodate ego trip? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

misstep

'trip?' is the definition.
(I know that trip can be written as misstep)

'mps set for reshuffle to accommodate ego' is the wordplay.
'for reshuffle' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to accommodate' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ego' becomes 'I' ('I' in Latin).
'mps'+'set'='mpsset'
'mpsset' anagrammed gives 'msstep'.
'msstep' enclosing 'i' is 'MISSTEP'.

(Other definitions for misstep that I've seen before include "Badly judged move" , "False move" , "bad move" , "Error" , "Badly judged footing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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