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Air-conditioning given to staff of appreciative society (7)

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I believe the answer is:

fanclub

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'air-conditioning given to staff' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'appreciative society' is the wordplay.
'appreciative' becomes 'fan' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'society' becomes 'club' (synonyms).
'fan'+'club'='FANCLUB'

'of' is the link.

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(Another definition for fanclub that I've seen is " followers".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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