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High-ranking official (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mandarin

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">high-ranking official</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for mandarin that I've seen before include "Important government official" , "Chinese language; fruit" , "Bigwig" , "Tongue" , "Many millions speak of this" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard and The Times.
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