Questioning or tearing apart Conservative (13)
I believe the answer is:
interrogatory
'questioning' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'or tearing apart conservative' is the wordplay.
'apart' is an anagram indicator.
'conservative' becomes 'tory' (I've seen this before).
'or'+'tearing'='ortearing'
'ortearing' with letters rearranged gives 'interroga'.
'interroga'+'tory'='INTERROGATORY'
I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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