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With Prime Minister at first is causing trouble (8)

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I believe the answer is:

mischief

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'trouble' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'with prime minister at first is' is the wordplay.
'with prime minister' becomes 'm' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'first' becomes 'chief'.
'chief' after 'is' is 'ischief'.
'm'+'ischief'='MISCHIEF'

'causing' is the link.

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(Other definitions for mischief that I've seen before include "Playful troublemaking" , "nuisance" , "Devilment, impishness" , "Black . . . . . . . . (Evelyn Waugh)" , "Naughtiness, devilment" .)

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