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Politician is not arse, surprisingly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

senator

'politician' is the definition.
(I know that senator is a type of legislator)

'not arse surprisingly' is the wordplay.
'surprisingly' indicates anagramming the letters (a surprising ordering of the letters).
'not'+'arse'='notarse'
'notarse' anagrammed gives 'SENATOR'.

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for senator that I've seen before include "Legislative body member" , "politician going wrong" , "Upper house US Congressman" , "Member of Upper House engaged in treason" , "Member of upper house of legislature" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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