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Foreign Office initially sends deranged Australian to rummage (7)

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I believe the answer is:

fossick

'australian to rummage' is the definition.
(Australian term meaning to rummage)

'foreign office initially sends deranged' is the wordplay.
'foreign office' becomes 'FO' (abbreviation).
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
'deranged' becomes 'sick' (sick can mean deranged or disturbed).
The initial letter of 'sends' is 's'.
'fo'+'s'+'sick'='FOSSICK'

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