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Appeasing is strangely a top priority (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

propitiatory

'appeasing' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'strangely a top priority' is the wordplay.
'strangely' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'top'+'priority'='atoppriority'
'atoppriority' is an anagram of 'PROPITIATORY'.

'is' acts as a link.

(Another definition for propitiatory that I've seen is " Appeasing".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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