Business persons complex new tree pruner lacking weight (12)

I believe the answer is:

entrepreneur

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'business persons complex new tree pruner lacking weight' is the definition.
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'complex new tree pruner lacking weight' is the wordplay.
'complex' indicates an anagram.
'lacking' suggests deleting specific letters.
'weight' becomes 'w' (short for weight).
'new'+'tree'+'pruner'='newtreepruner'
'newtreepruner' with 'w' taken away is 'netreepruner'.
'netreepruner' is an anagram of 'ENTREPRENEUR'.

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(Other definitions for entrepreneur that I've seen before include "Commercial figure" , "Business speculator" , "Business originator" , "business figure" , "Enterprising businessman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.

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