The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word FEDERAL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result FEDERAL
- Wild about editor describing US government?
- Type of government editor gets wild about
- Wild about newsman describing Stateside governance
- Union not broken, perhaps, welcoming sides in dispute
- Showing political unity in savage newspaper leader
- A Red felt almost out of place in the Union?
- Wild about editor’s form of government?
- Wild about Spain and Germany banded together?
- Fear led to model form of government
- Like some government giving fear, led appallingly
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What does FEDERAL mean?
FEDERAL noun- A law-enforcement official of the FBI; a federal agent.
- A supporter of federation.
- A unionist soldier in the American Civil War.
- Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.
- Pertaining to the national government level, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.