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One nationalist has acquired some bullion? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ingot

'some bullion?' is the definition.
(bullion is a kind of ingot)

'one nationalist has acquired' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'nationalist' becomes 'n' (abbreviation in politics).
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'acquired' becomes 'got' ('get' can be a synonym of 'acquire').
'i'+'n'+'got'='INGOT'

(Other definitions for ingot that I've seen before include "Lump of gold etc" , "Block of precious metal" , "Metallic bar" , "Mass of precious metal" , "Moulded metal bar" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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