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Praise a Conservative allegation (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

acclaim

'praise' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a conservative allegation' is the wordplay.
'conservative' becomes 'c' (abbreviation commonly used in UK politics).
'allegation' becomes 'claim' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'c'+'claim'='ACCLAIM'

(Other definitions for acclaim that I've seen before include "Declare" , "Great public praise" , "Credit" , "Plaudits" , "Cheer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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