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Having daughter in control an explosive mixture? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

powder

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'an explosive mixture?' is the definition.
(gunpowder)

'having daughter in control' is the wordplay.
'having daughter' becomes 'd' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'control' becomes 'power' (I've seen this before).
'd' going inside 'power' is 'POWDER'.

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(Other definitions for powder that I've seen before include "Sort of snow" , "A solid that has been pulverized" , "Solid that has been pulverised" , "Pulverise" , "Small loose particles" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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