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Swamp is still ok to use after UN leaves (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inundate

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'swamp' is the definition.
(I know that swamp can be written as inundate)

'still ok to use after un leaves' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'un' is within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for inundate that I've seen before include "Submerge or cover in water" , "Flood, fill completely" , "Aunt Enid could engulf badly" , "Overwhelm (as if) with water" , "Overrun" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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