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Rebuke?
Republican
hitting
ceiling
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Rebuke? Republican hitting ceiling (7)
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The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
The definition is Rebuke, and the wordplay builds the answer neatly from two pieces: Republican gives you REP, and ceiling gives you ROOF — a literal ceiling, the kind above your head. Stick them together and there it is.