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Keep complaining to the central manager (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nag

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'keep complaining to' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'central manager' is the wordplay.
'central' says to take the centre.
The middle letters of 'manager' are 'NAG'.

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for nag that I've seen before include "Badger continually like old horse" , "Annoy the old horse persistently" , "Be persistently painful" , "Old or over-worked horse" , "old trout?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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