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Awkward situation of paper covering yearly meeting (8)

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I believe the answer is:

quagmire

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

'paper covering yearly meeting' is the wordplay.
'paper' becomes 'quire' (quantity of paper - g5 or g4 sheets).
'covering' indicates putting letters inside.
'yearly meeting' becomes 'agm' (I've seen this in other clues. I am not sure about the 'yearly' bit.).
'quire' placed around 'agm' is 'QUAGMIRE'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for quagmire that I've seen before include "Swampy marsh" , "You can get bogged down in this" , "difficult situation" , "Wet bog" , "Morass" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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