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Division having FBI agents positioned outside (7)

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I believe the answer is:

segment

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'division' is the definition.
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'fbi agents positioned outside' is the wordplay.
'fbi agents' becomes 'g-men' ('G-man' can be a synonym of 'fbi agent').
'positioned' becomes 'set' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'outside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'gmen' put inside 'set' is 'SEGMENT'.

'having' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for segment that I've seen before include "Portion" , "One part of a whole" , "(Divided-up) part" , "Part of citrus fruit" , "One of several parts of a whole" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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