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Suggest replacing Democrat with Republican is something attractive (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

allure

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'suggest replacing democrat' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'republican is something attractive' is the wordplay.
'republican' becomes 'al' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'is something attractive' becomes 'lure' (something which lures people).
'al'+'lure'='ALLURE'

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for allure that I've seen before include "Transport" , "The power to entice or attract" , "Powerful fascination" , "Entice; appeal" , "Powerful attraction" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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