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Sweat if American rejected party (Republican) (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sudor

'sweat' is the definition.
(I know that sweat can be written as sudor)

'american rejected party republican' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'US' (abbreviation for United States).
'rejected' is a reversal indicator.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'republican' becomes 'R' (abbreviation).
'us' written backwards gives 'su'.
'su'+'do'+'r'='SUDOR'

'if' is the link.

(Another definition for sudor that I've seen is " Sweat".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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