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Obama withdrawing bill in clamour (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bark

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'clamour' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'obama withdrawing bill' is the wordplay.
'obama' becomes 'Barack' (Barack Obama).
'withdrawing' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'bill' becomes 'ac' (short for account).
'barack' with 'ac' taken away is 'BARK'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for bark that I've seen before include "A dog's shout" , "Hardly a sound from Tom" , "Canine noise" , "possibly causing alarm in 23 [CATTERY] ?" , "Skin of tree" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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