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Imprison Conservative? Good! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

confine

'imprison' is the definition.
(I know that imprison is a more specific form of the action confine)

'conservative? good' is the wordplay.
'conservative?' becomes 'con' (abbreviation for Conservative).
'good' becomes 'fine' (both can mean satisfactory).
'con'+'fine'='CONFINE'

(Other definitions for confine that I've seen before include "Shut in" , "Keep within limits" , "pen" , "Imprison" , "Restrict (to an area)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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