New progressive movement dawning (7)

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nascent

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

'new progressive movement' is the wordplay.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'progressive movement' becomes 'ascent' (ascent is a kind of movement. I am not sure about the 'progressive' bit.).
'n'+'ascent'='NASCENT'

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(Other definitions for nascent that I've seen before include "Being born - scan net (anag)" , "Starting existence" , "in early stages" , "coming into circulation?" , "Budding early" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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