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Businesslike programme of a senior officer on half days (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agenda

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'businesslike programme' is the definition.
'agenda' can be an answer for 'programme' (agenda is a kind of programme). I'm not certain of the 'businesslike' bit.

'a senior officer on half days' is the wordplay.
'senior officer' becomes 'gen' (short for general, a senior army officer).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'half' means to take half the letters.
'days' with half the letters taken is 'da'.
'a'+'gen'+'da'='AGENDA'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for agenda that I've seen before include "Table of business" , "Schedule - things to be done" , "List of items to be done" , "List of items to be discussed" , "List of business for a committee meeting" .)

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