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Negative word embraced by politician, ordinarily (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nor

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

'embraced by politician ordinarily' is the wordplay.
'embraced' indicates a hidden word.
'NOR' is hidden in the letters of 'by politician ordinarily'.

(Other definitions for nor that I've seen before include "Negative word" , "And not either" , "Neither one ... the other" , "Conjunction meaning 'and not'" , "Negative conjunction" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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