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No major figure in a centre for divorces (5)

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I believe the answer is:

minor

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'no major figure' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'in a centre for divorces' is the wordplay.
'in' becomes 'amid'.
'a centre' means to look at the middle letters.
'for divorces' becomes 'nor' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
The middle of 'amid' is 'mi'.
'mi'+'nor'='MINOR'

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(Other definitions for minor that I've seen before include "Smaller - child" , "Less important" , "Morris car; tending to melancholy (mus.)" , "Little-known" , "Small-scale - child" .)

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