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Suspect senator's attempting to overthrow government? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

treason

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'attempting to overthrow government?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'suspect senator's' is the wordplay.
'suspect' indicates an anagram (a suspicious or unusual spelling).
'senator' anagrammed gives 'TREASON'.

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(Other definitions for treason that I've seen before include "Crime agains one's country" , "Perfidy" , "One rats (anag)" , "Mutiny" , "attempting to overthrow the king" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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