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Send up Californian politician over working (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lampoon

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'californian politician over working' is the wordplay.
'californian politician' becomes 'lamp' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'over' becomes 'o' (cricket abbreviation).
'working' becomes 'on' (on can mean working or activated).
'lamp'+'o'+'on'='LAMPOON'

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(Other definitions for lampoon that I've seen before include "Piece of writing that ridicules someone" , "joke" , "Make fun of" , "Satirical work" , "Satirical personal attack" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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