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Emissary from East, on stage during meeting (8)

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I believe the answer is:

delegate

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'emissary' is the definition.
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'east on stage during meeting' is the wordplay.
'east' becomes 'e' (synonyms).
'on stage' becomes 'leg' (synonyms. I am not sure about the 'on' bit.).
'during' indicates putting letters inside.
'meeting' becomes 'date' (date is a kind of meeting).
'e'+'leg'='eleg'
'eleg' placed into 'date' is 'DELEGATE'.

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for delegate that I've seen before include "Person who represents others as at meeting" , "Name someone to do the job" , "Depute" , "Chosen representative" , "Representative sent to meeting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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