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Man referencing extraction (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eliciting

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'man referencing extraction' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'man referencing' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'Eli' (I've seen this before).
'referencing' becomes 'citing' ('cite' can be a synonym of 'reference').
'eli'+'citing'='ELICITING'

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(Another definition for eliciting that I've seen is " Drawing out (something)".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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