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Protest monster originally received in post (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

demonstration

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'protest' is the definition.
(I know that protest can be written as demonstration)

'monster originally received in post' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'monster' is 'emonstr' which is within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for demonstration that I've seen before include "Protest march/meeting" , "It's to voice protest" , "March; proof" , "Protest march" , "Protest meeting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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