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Hand over power with unrestrained glee, just in time (8)

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I believe the answer is:

delegate

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'hand over' is the definition.
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'with unrestrained glee just in time' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'unrestrained' indicates anagramming the letters.
'just in time' becomes 'date' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'glee' with letters rearranged gives 'eleg'.
'eleg' inserted within 'date' is 'DELEGATE'.

'power' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for delegate that I've seen before include "Consign" , "Appoint or send as a representative" , "Groups representative" , "One representing others" , "Representative sent to meeting" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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