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Pick up telephone of rising Republican (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

call for

'pick up' is the definition.
('call for' can be a synonym of 'pick up')

'telephone of rising republican' is the wordplay.
'telephone' becomes 'call' (I've seen this before).
'rising' says the letters should be written in reverse (going up in a down clue).
'republican' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'of' in reverse letter order is 'fo'.
'call'+'fo'+'r'='CALL FOR'

(Another definition for call for that I've seen is " Request".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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