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Republican, with help from others, made comeback (7)

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I believe the answer is:

rallied

'made comeback' is the definition.
(rally can mean to recover or make a comeback)

'republican with help from others' is the wordplay.
'republican' becomes 'R' (abbreviation in US politics).
'with help from others' becomes 'allied' (allied with other people).
'r'+'allied'='RALLIED'

(Other definitions for rallied that I've seen before include "(Of shares) increased in value after a fall" , "Recovered in health" , "Brought together" , "Recovered strength after illness, or entered driving competition" , "Gathered" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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