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Officer giving suggestion to senior officer’s group (8)

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I believe the answer is:

tipstaff

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'officer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'giving suggestion to senior officer's group' is the wordplay.
'giving' says to put letters next to each other.
'suggestion' becomes 'tip' (tip is a kind of suggestion).
'to senior officer's group' becomes 'staff' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'tip' next to 'staff' is 'TIPSTAFF'.

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(Other definitions for tipstaff that I've seen before include "Court official" , "Old officer" , "One authorised" , "Pat's tiff with the judge" , "Bailiff" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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