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President’s computer working to suppress resistance (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

macron

'president's' is the definition.
(French president Emmanuel Macron)

'computer working to suppress resistance' is the wordplay.
'computer' becomes 'Mac' (Apple Mac computer).
'working' becomes 'on' (e.g. a machine is working or on).
'to suppress' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are suppressed or crushed).
'resistance' becomes 'r' (abbreviation in physics and electronics).
'mac'+'on'='macon'
'macon' going around 'r' is 'MACRON'.

(Another definition for macron that I've seen is " French president".)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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