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Street lads name Harry and an influential old pollie (5,9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elder statesman

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'an influential old pollie' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'street lads name harry' is the wordplay.
'harry' is an anagram indicator (harry can mean to attack or spoil).
'street'+'lads'+'name'='streetladsname'
'streetladsname' anagrammed gives 'ELDER STATESMAN'.

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for elder statesman that I've seen before include "veteran politician - with 17d" , "Experienced politician" , "Perhaps Clinton" , "member with gravitas" , "Wise old politician" .)

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