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Ridicule a politician, a silly person outwardly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lampoon

'ridicule' is the definition.
(lampooning is a kind of ridiculing)

'a politician a silly person outwardly' is the wordplay.
'politician' becomes 'mp'.
'a silly person' becomes 'loon'.
'outwardly' is an insertion indicator.
'a'+'mp'='amp'
'amp' going into 'loon' is 'LAMPOON'.

(Other definitions for lampoon that I've seen before include "Personal satire" , "Parody" , "Written ridicule of polo man" , "Ridicule with satire" , "Pool man (anag)" .)

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