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One parliamentarian is a devil (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

imp

'a devil' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'one parliamentarian' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral**).
'parliamentarian' becomes 'mp'.
'i'+'mp'='IMP'

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for imp that I've seen before include "one likely to cause trouble" , "Elf" , "Little mischief-maker" , "Small mischievous sprite" , "A mischievous little devil" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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