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Political comeback and encore lie in ruins -- about time (2-8)

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I believe the answer is:

re-election

'political comeback' is the definition.
(being elected again)

'encore lie in ruins about time' is the wordplay.
'in ruins' is an anagram indicator.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'encore'+'lie'='encorelie'
'encorelie' is an anagram of 'reelecion'.
'reelecion' going around 't' is 'RE-ELECTION'.

'and' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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