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Guy’s conservative account of past events (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

history

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'account of past events' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'guy's conservative' is the wordplay.
'guy's' becomes 'his' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'conservative' becomes 'tory' (informal term for a Conservative Party member).
'his'+'tory'='HISTORY'

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(Other definitions for history that I've seen before include "eventful past" , "Study of past events" , "The record of past events" , "Account of past events" , "Chronicle" .)

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