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Being the greatest Bond taking direction from those with charisma (13)

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I believe the answer is:

personalities

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'those with charisma' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'being the greatest bond taking direction' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'being' could be 'person' (person is a kind of being) and 'person' is present in the answer.
'bond' could be 'tie' (I've seen this before) and 'tie' is found within the answer.
'direction' could be 's' (S is an example) and 's' is located in the answer.
'the greatest' could be 'ali' (film about Muhammad Ali) and 'ali' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for personalities that I've seen before include "Celebrities" , "famous people" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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