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Garble a complicated mathematical subject (7)

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algebra

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'mathematical subject' is the definition.
'algebra' can be an answer for 'subject' (algebra is a kind of subject). I'm unsure of the 'mathematical' bit.

'garble a complicated' is the wordplay.
'complicated' is an anagram indicator (a complex or confusing ordering of the letters).
'garble'+'a'='garblea'
'garblea' anagrammed gives 'ALGEBRA'.

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(Other definitions for algebra that I've seen before include "Branch of maths - real bag (anag)" , "'Branch of mathematics, uses letters and symbols (7)'" , "Maths with letters representing numbers" , "Branch of mathematics using letters and symbols" , "subject with many unknowns" .)

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