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Administrative Officer catches delegate going over work? (5)

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opera

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'work?' is the definition.
(musical work)

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(Other definitions for opera that I've seen before include "Patience, for example" , "La Scala production, perhaps" , "works in Latin" , "Drama with singing" , "Falstaff, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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