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Politician caught in awkward recline with unnatural material (9)

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I believe the answer is:

crimplene

'unnatural material' is the definition.
(synthetic material)

'politician caught in awkward recline' is the wordplay.
'politician' becomes 'MP' (Member of Parliament).
'caught in' is an insertion indicator.
'awkward' indicates an anagram.
'recline' is an anagram of 'crilene'.
'mp' placed inside 'crilene' is 'CRIMPLENE'.

'with' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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