Secure provincial party with nothing smuggled in (2,2)
I believe the answer is:
do up
'secure provincial party with nothing smuggled in' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'party with nothing smuggled in' is the wordplay.
'party with' becomes 'dup' (Democratic Unionist Party. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'smuggled in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'dup' enclosing 'o' is 'DO-UP'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for do up that I've seen before include "Redecorate" , "Renovate - fasten" .)