Complicated procedure (9)

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rigmarole

'complicated procedure' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

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(Other definitions for rigmarole that I've seen before include "garbled nonsense" , "Lengthy and complicated procedure" , "Complicated business" , "boring series" , "Long, complicated and confusing procedure" .)

I've seen this clue in the L.A. Times Daily, The Telegraph, The Times and The Guardian.

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