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Political declaration should demonstrate love (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

manifesto

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'political declaration should' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'demonstrate love' is the wordplay.
'demonstrate' becomes 'manifest' (synonyms).
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'manifest'+'o'='MANIFESTO'

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(Other definitions for manifesto that I've seen before include "Declaration of intentions by a political party" , "Public declaration of intent" , "Planks assembled here" , "Proclamation" , "Written declaration of opinions" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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