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Inclusive local men run short (3-12)

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all-encompassing

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'inclusive' is the definition.
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'local men run short' is the wordplay.
'run' is an anagram indicator.
'short' becomes 'passing' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'local'+'men'='localmen'
'localmen' is an anagram of 'allencom'.
'allencom'+'passing'='ALL-ENCOMPASSING'

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