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Republican sees I can't organise opposition (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

resistance

'opposition' is the definition.
('resistance' can be a synonym of 'opposition')

'republican sees i can't organise' is the wordplay.
'republican' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'organise' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'organising' mean this).
'sees'+'i'+'cant'='seesicant'
'seesicant' with letters rearranged gives 'esistance'.
'r'+'esistance'='RESISTANCE'

(Other definitions for resistance that I've seen before include "fighters in wartime" , "Rebels" , "immunity" , "Freedom fighters - it's measured in ohms" , "underground movement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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