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Mutant regent's nip is showing (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

presenting

'showing' is the definition.
('present' can be a synonym of 'show')

'mutant regent's nip' is the wordplay.
'mutant' is an anagram indicator.
'regents'+'nip'='regentsnip'
'regentsnip' is an anagram of 'PRESENTING'.

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for presenting that I've seen before include "job in TV" , "putting on a show" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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