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Every six months, bank does a review to start off year (8)

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I believe the answer is:

biannual

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'every six' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'months bank does a review to start off year' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for biannual that I've seen before include "Occuring twice a year" , "Happening twice a year" , "Occurring twice yearly" , "Occurring twice a year" , "periodical" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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