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Stand down to let in liberal party? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blowout

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'liberal party?' is the definition.
'blowout' can be an answer for 'party?' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'liberal' bit.

'stand down to let in' is the wordplay.
'stand' becomes 'bout' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'down' becomes 'low' (associated in meaning).
'to let in' is an insertion indicator.
'bout' going around 'low' is 'BLOWOUT'.

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(Other definitions for blowout that I've seen before include "Lavish meal (slang)" , "Car's exploding tyre incident" , "Heavy meal" , "large meal" , "lot to eat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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