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English team replacing head of business in crisis (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

exigency

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'crisis' is the definition.
(exigency is a kind of crisis)

'english team replacing head of business' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'english' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is located in the answer.
'team' could be 'xi' (eleven, a football team) and 'xi' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for exigency that I've seen before include "Demand" , "crisis" , "Urgent need" , "Sudden unforeseen need" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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