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CEO returning award, remorseful at last: annul please — very dodgy (5,8)

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I believe the answer is:

paula vennells

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'ceo returning award' is the definition.
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'remorseful at last annul please very dodgy' is the wordplay.
'at last' indicates one should take the final letters.
'very' becomes 'v' (abbreviation).
'dodgy' indicates an anagram (a dodgy or wrong order of the letters).
The final letter of 'remorseful' is 'l'.
'l'+'annul'+'please'+'v'='lannulpleasev'
'lannulpleasev' anagrammed gives 'PAULA VENNELLS'.

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