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Raab's department beginning to pester Rees-Mogg, perhaps (3)

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I believe the answer is:

fop

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'rees-mogg perhaps' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'raab's department beginning to pester' is the wordplay.
'raab's department' becomes 'fo' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'beginning to' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'pester' is 'p'.
'fo'+'p'='FOP'

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(Other definitions for fop that I've seen before include "exquisite" , "fashionable type" , "A dandy like Beau Brummel" , "Affected dandy" , "Gallant" .)

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