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College man on TV right to pull apart council admin, say (5,10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

local government

'council admin say' is the definition.
(council administration is part of local government)

'college man on tv right to pull apart' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'to pull apart' indicates an anagram (letters get pulled around).
'college'+'man'+'on'+'tv'+'r'='collegemanontvr'
'collegemanontvr' anagrammed gives 'LOCAL GOVERNMENT'.

(Another definition for local government that I've seen is " County, district administration".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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