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Fit and graduate part, complicated actions (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rigmarole

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'fit and graduate part complicated actions' is the definition.
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'fit and graduate part' is the wordplay.
'fit' becomes 'rig' (rigging is a kind of fitting).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'graduate' becomes 'MA' (abbreviation for Master of Arts).
'part' becomes 'role' (eg a theatrical role).
'rig'+'ma'+'role'='RIGMAROLE'

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(Other definitions for rigmarole that I've seen before include "long, tedious business" , "Nonsensical procedure" , "garbled nonsense" , "Long, complicated and confusing procedure" , "Long, complex stuff" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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