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Assorted underwater explorers with energy (7)

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I believe the answer is:

diverse

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'assorted' is the definition.
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'explorers with energy' is the wordplay.
'explorers' becomes 'divers' (diver is a kind of explorer).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2).
'divers'+'e'='DIVERSE'

'underwater' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for diverse that I've seen before include "Different and various" , "Miscellaneous" , "Of different kind or variety" , "Book" , "Sundry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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