Republican stratagem backing female, one that’s come out of hiding (9)

I believe the answer is:

resurface

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'come out of hiding' is the definition.
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'republican stratagem backing female one' is the wordplay.
'republican' becomes 'R' (political abbreviation).
'stratagem' becomes 'ruse' (a ruse is a stratagem or ploy).
'backing' is a reversal indicator.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'one' becomes 'ace' (ace has a value of one in some card games).
'ruse' backwards is 'esur'.
'r'+'esur'+'f'+'ace'='RESURFACE'

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(Other definitions for resurface that I've seen before include "Emerge again" , "Once more appear" , "roadworks" , "make another appearance" , "Recover" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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