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Reportedly, a family member, is against it (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anti

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'against it' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'reportedly a family member' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'a family member' becomes 'auntie' (I've seen this before).
'auntie' is a homophone of 'ANTI'.

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for anti that I've seen before include "[NO MAN]" , "one opposing?" , "Against, informally" , "Someone opposed (to a policy?)" , "Adversary" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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