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Everybody showing close affection - that's quite comprehensive (3-9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

all-embracing

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'comprehensive' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'everybody showing close affection that's quite' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'everybody' could be 'all' (all people) and 'all' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'embracing' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for all-embracing that I've seen before include "Encompassing everything" , "Comprehensive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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