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Very exciting vote in central Jericho (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

electric

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'very exciting' is the definition.
'electric' can be an answer for 'exciting' (similar in meaning). I'm not certain of the 'very' bit.

'vote in central jericho' is the wordplay.
'vote in' becomes 'elect' (I've seen this before).
'central' means to look at the middle letters.
The central letters of 'jericho' are 'ric'.
'elect'+'ric'='ELECTRIC'

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(Other definitions for electric that I've seen before include "Type of chair, hare, shock etc" , "This storm has lots of thunder and lightning" , "Thrillingly exciting" , "Relic etc charged with current" , "Emotionally charged" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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