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Rush wildly around, as a politician in anger (7)

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I believe the answer is:

rampage

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'rush wildly' is the definition.
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'a politician in anger' is the wordplay.
'politician' becomes 'MP' (Member of Parliament).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'anger' becomes 'rage' (rage is a kind of anger).
'a'+'mp'='amp'
'amp' going within 'rage' is 'RAMPAGE'.

'around as' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for rampage that I've seen before include "Violent rush" , "Rage wildly around" , "Uncontrolled rush" , "Storm" , "Run wild" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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