Muscle in on government's watch (8)

I believe the answer is:

spectate

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

'muscle in on government's' is the wordplay.
'muscle in' becomes 'pec' (pectoral muscle. I am not sure about the 'in' bit.).
'on' is an insertion indicator.
'government' becomes 'state' (the state can mean government authority).
'pec' inserted inside 'state' is 'SPECTATE'.

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(Other definitions for spectate that I've seen before include "Be a viewer, at a sports event perhaps" , "Watch (at sports event)" , "Perhaps enjoy sport" , "Be an onlooker" , "Observe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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