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Government-funded body gives Dame Mary reduced work (6)

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quango

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'work' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for quango that I've seen before include "Government-sponsored administrative body outside the civil service" , "Unelected admin. body" , "Semi-public government board" , "Semi-public body outside the Civil Service" , "Government-financed independent body" .)

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