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Chief not above giving me a hand (7)

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headman

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'chief' is the definition.
(I know that chief can be written as headman)

'giving me a hand' is the wordplay.
'giving' is an anagram indicator (the letters give the letters for another word).
'me'+'a'+'hand'='meahand'
'meahand' is an anagram of 'HEADMAN'.

'not above' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for headman that I've seen before include "Leader" , "Boss" , "Village chief" , "Chieftain" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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