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Shifting to centre, politicians clash (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

contretemps

'clash' is the definition.
(I know that contretemps is a type of clash)

'shifting to centre politicians' is the wordplay.
'shifting' indicates an anagram.
'politicians' becomes 'MPs' (Members of Parliament).
'to'+'centre'='tocentre'
'tocentre' anagrammed gives 'contrete'.
'contrete'+'mps'='CONTRETEMPS'

(Other definitions for contretemps that I've seen before include "Minor disagreement" , "Awkward argument" , "Awkward clash" , "Inopportune happening" , "Unexpected embarrassment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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