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Stops suffragette backing some finicky candidate (7)

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I believe the answer is:

fusspot

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'finicky candidate' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'stops suffragette backing some' is the wordplay.
'some' indicates a hidden word.
'backing' says the letters should be written backwards.
'topssuf' is hidden in the letters of 'stops suffragette'.
'topssuf' reversed gives 'FUSSPOT'.

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(Other definitions for fusspot that I've seen before include "Over-fastidious person" , "Old woman" , "Finicky person" , "bit of a worrier" , "Pernickety person" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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