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As you say it's precisely what's required (7)

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exactly

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(Other definitions for exactly that I've seen before include "Precisely thus" , "on the spot" , "In precise terms" , "in nice way" , "Indeed; verbatim" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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