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Magnificent golf managed by daughter (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grand

'magnificent' is the definition.
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'golf managed by daughter' is the wordplay.
'golf' becomes 'g' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'managed' becomes 'ran' (I've seen this before).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'g'+'ran'+'d'='GRAND'

(Other definitions for grand that I've seen before include "1,000 GBP" , "Stately - splendid" , "sum of money" , "One thousand pounds" , "PS1000 (sl.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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