Press union over cheers for unelected military government (5)
I believe the answer is:
junta
'unelected military government' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'press union over cheers' is the wordplay.
'press union over' becomes 'jun' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'cheers' becomes 'ta' (I've seen this in other clues).
'jun'+'ta'='JUNTA'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for junta that I've seen before include "Military group in power after coup d'etat" , "Ruling military body after forced takeover" , "Military regime" , "Ruling group of military officers" , "Group of military rulers" .)