Before Conservative Party's finished, Johnson finally quit and gave up (8)

Guardian Cryptic #29258 | 4 Down | 2023-12-20
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

CON (Conservative) + E[n]DED minus n (last letter of Johnson) – I’m sure it’s staring me in the face but I can’t quite see how to fit in the second C or ‘before’ – it’s a great surface, anyway

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