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Influential people initially implicated after company write-off (7)

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I believe the answer is:

colossi

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'influential people' is the definition.
'colossi' can be an answer for 'people' (colossus is a kind of person). I am not sure about the 'influential' bit.

'initially implicated after company write-off' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'write-off' becomes 'loss' (financial loss).
The first letter of 'implicated' is 'i'.
'co'+'loss'='coloss'
'i' put after 'coloss' is 'COLOSSI'.

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(Other definitions for colossi that I've seen before include "big figures?" , "Powerful organisations" , "Huge statues" , "Powerful figures" , "Very large statues" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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