Exercising authority at home, nationalist deportations beginning (2,7)
I believe the answer is:
in command
'home nationalist deportations beginning' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'exercising authority at' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'authority' could be 'command' (command is a kind of authority) and 'command' is located in the answer.
'at' could be 'in' (synonymous in some cases - eg at school, in school) and 'in' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
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I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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