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Top Tory admitting centre of Britain is closed (8)

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I believe the answer is:

airtight

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'is closed' is the definition.

'top tory admitting centre' is the wordplay.
'top' becomes 'ai' (I've seen this in other clues).
'tory' becomes 'r' (abbreviation for right).
'admitting centre' becomes 'tight' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ai'+'r'+'tight'='AIRTIGHT'

'of britain' is the link.
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(Other definitions for airtight that I've seen before include "beyond question" , "Impenetrable" , "(Of a defence) having no weaknesses" , "Totally sealed" , "securely sealed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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