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Just communicate with phone daughter left out (9)

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I believe the answer is:

impartial

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'just' is the definition.
(associated in meaning)

'communicate with phone daughter left out' is the wordplay.
'communicate with' becomes 'impart' (impart can mean to communicate or pass on. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'phone' becomes 'dial phone' (dial phone is a kind of phone).
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'left out' suggests deleting specific letters.
'dial' with 'd' taken out is 'ial'.
'impart'+'ial'='IMPARTIAL'

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(Other definitions for impartial that I've seen before include "Treating all rivals equally" , "Unbiased" , "Showing lack of favouritism" , "not taking sides" , "Fair, unprejudiced" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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