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Trump on island excited English press (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

importune

'press' is the definition.
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'trump on island excited english' is the wordplay.
'island' becomes 'i' (geographical abbreviation).
'excited' is an anagram indicator.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation as in OED).
'trump'+'on'+'i'='trumponi'
'trumponi' anagrammed gives 'importun'.
'importun'+'e'='IMPORTUNE'

(Other definitions for importune that I've seen before include "Make insistent requests for entropium" , "Persistently request" , "Solicit" , "Hound" , "Harry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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