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Information, that is, from Aladdin's slave (5)

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genie

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'aladdin's slave' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'information that is' is the wordplay.
'information' becomes 'gen' (gen can informally mean information).
'that is' becomes 'ie' (short for Latin 'id est', 'that is').
'gen'+'ie'='GENIE'

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for genie that I've seen before include "Magician residing in a lamp" , "Spirit in a bottle" , "Arabian sprite" , "Magical Eastern spirit with strange powers" , "Goblin as found in Aladdin's lamp" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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