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Copper back on a diet wobbles around for guidance (9)

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I believe the answer is:

education

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'guidance' is the definition.
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'copper back on a diet wobbles around' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'copper' could be 'd' and 'd' is found in the answer.
'on' could be 'at' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'at' is found within the answer.
'around' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for education that I've seen before include "A tonic due (anag.)" , "Work of master" , "New Labour mantra, when repeated" , "what may be completed by degrees" , "Auctioned off learning process" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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