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Back row in Palladium booked in advance (11)

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I believe the answer is:

prearranged

'booked in advance' is the definition.
(arranged in advance)

'back row in palladium' is the wordplay.
'back' becomes 'rear' (something's rear is its back).
'row' becomes 'range' (range can mean a row or chain of things).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'palladium' becomes 'Pd' (Pd is the chemical symbol for palladium).
'rear'+'range'='rearrange'
'rearrange' put into 'pd' is 'PREARRANGED'.

(Another definition for prearranged that I've seen is " planned".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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