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Spoke total sense at last to Democrat (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

uttered

'spoke' is the definition.
('utter' can be a synonym of 'speak')

'total sense at last to democrat' is the wordplay.
'total' becomes 'utter' (I've seen this before).
'sense at last' becomes 'e' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to democrat' becomes 'd'.
'utter'+'e'+'d'='UTTERED'

(Other definitions for uttered that I've seen before include "Pronounced" , "Spoken" , "In law, put forged money into circulation" , "Spoke and put into circulation" , "Said (something)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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