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Information held by a Cyprus bureau (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agency

'bureau' is the definition.
('agency' can be a synonym of 'bureau')

'information held by a cyprus' is the wordplay.
'information' becomes 'gen' (gen is a kind of information).
'held by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'cyprus' becomes 'cy' (abbreviation).
'a'+'cy'='acy'
'gen' going into 'acy' is 'AGENCY'.

(Other definitions for agency that I've seen before include "Cagney (anag.)" , "Office or business of one who does business for others" , "Employment bureau" , "Organisation; intervention" , "Bureau; action" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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