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Restrain that woman blocking a politician (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hamper

'restrain' is the definition.
(hampering is a kind of restraining)

'woman blocking a politician' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'her' (her refers to a woman).
'blocking' means one lot of letters goes inside another (to block can mean to block in or contain).
'politician' becomes 'mp' (Member of Parliament).
'a'+'mp'='amp'
'her' placed around 'amp' is 'HAMPER'.

'that' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for hamper that I've seen before include "basket case?" , "Picnic box" , "Food-basket" , "cramp" , "Food parcel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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