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Showed Democrat is engaged in fun activity (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

displayed

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'showed' is the definition.
('display' can be a synonym of 'show')

'democrat is engaged in fun activity' is the wordplay.
'democrat' becomes 'd'.
'engaged in fun activity' becomes 'played' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'd'+'is'+'played'='DISPLAYED'

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(Other definitions for displayed that I've seen before include "Exhibited" , "show" , "revealed" , "Showed" , "Shown publicly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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