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Something bad here I’d included identifying politician? (4,9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vice president

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'politician?' is the definition.
(vice president is a type of politician)

'something bad here i'd included' is the wordplay.
'something bad' becomes 'vice' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'here' becomes 'present' (similar in meaning).
'included' indicates putting letters inside.
'present' placed around 'id' is 'president'.
'vice'+'president'='VICE-PRESIDENT'

'identifying' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for vice president that I've seen before include "Number two to 46, say" , "VP" , "senior politician" , "US leader's deputy" , "who assists the top man?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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