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Exact reference prevents charade in development (7,3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chapter and verse

'exact reference' is the definition.

'prevents charade in development' is the wordplay.
'in development' indicates an anagram.
'prevents'+'charade'='preventscharade'
'preventscharade' is an anagram of 'CHAPTER AND VERSE'.

(Other definitions for chapter and verse that I've seen before include "in detail" , "Full" , "authority" , "location of Biblical text" , "precise testimony" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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