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MalcVo | 13:02 Sat 25th May 2019 | Crosswords
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Stuck at 22across. All I can get is MAYPOP but can't see the derivation.
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22a Political machine cruelly rejecting part of manifesto by a majority (6) Maybot - back in "...manifes TO BY A M ajority" Hi MalcVo - it's always nice to post the full clue so that people without the puzzle can more readily help :-)
13:04 Sat 25th May 2019
Seen as maybop ( reversed in clue)
Maybot - hidden reversed in the clue (manifesTO BY A Majority)
22a Political machine cruelly rejecting part of manifesto by a majority (6)

Maybot - back in "...manifes TO BY A M ajority"

Hi MalcVo - it's always nice to post the full clue so that people without the puzzle can more readily help :-)
Oops sorry, maybot
It hasn't actually been accepted by Collins yet -

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/submission/19316/Maybot
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Thanks for that. I hadn't come across the term Maybot and I consider myself reasonably well informed, Perhaps I read the wrong press.
I shall take on board your comment about including the full clue.
Coined and frequently used by John Crace in his political sketches in the Guardian. Here's a recent example: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/24/theresa-may-end-resignation-speech-politics-sketch-maybot

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