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Agree to accept 'Leave' with difficulty (10)

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complexity

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'difficulty' is the definition.
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'agree to accept leave with' is the wordplay.
'agree' becomes 'comply' (complying is a kind of agreeing).
'to accept' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'leave with' becomes 'exit' ('exit' can be a synonym of 'leave'. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.**).
'comply' going around 'exit' is 'COMPLEXITY'.

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(Other definitions for complexity that I've seen before include "It's far from straightforward" , "intricate quality" , "elaborate" , "Intricacy" , "Involvement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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