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Film director ultimately one always after introduction to Ronnie Barker (9)

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retriever

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'barker' is the definition.
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'film director ultimately one always after introduction to ronnie' is the wordplay.
'film director ultimately' becomes 'ret' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'always' becomes 'ever' (synonyms).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'introduction to' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'ronnie' is 'r'.
'i'+'ever'='iever'
'iever' put after 'r' is 'riever'.
'ret'+'riever'='RETRIEVER'

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(Other definitions for retriever that I've seen before include "Large hunting 11" , "Dog bred to fetch game" , "Breed of dog" , "making a complete recovery?" , "someone to set the situation right?" .)

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