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Handy expressions of approval (8)

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I believe the answer is:

plaudits

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This might be a double definition.

'handy expressions' is the first definition.
'plaudits' can be an answer for 'expressions' (I have seen 'Expressions of praise ' mean 'plaudits' so perhaps 'expressions' could also mean 'plaudits'). I'm not certain of the 'handy' bit.

'approval' is the second definition.
(I know that plaudits is a type of approval)

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(Other definitions for plaudits that I've seen before include "Accolades" , "Enthusiastic approval" , "Emphatic expressions of approval" , "Acts of acclaim" , "Expressions of praise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Globe and Mail.
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