Crossword Genius

Old article about head of nature programme (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agenda

'programme' is the definition.
(agenda is a kind of programme)

'old article about head of nature' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'aged' ('aged' can be similar in meaning to 'old'**).
'article' becomes 'a' (indefinite article).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'head of' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'nature' is 'n'.
'aged'+'a'='ageda'
'ageda' going around 'n' is 'AGENDA'.

(Other definitions for agenda that I've seen before include "Scheme" , "To-do list" , "List of items for discussion at a meeting" , "Timetable" , "Meet to discuss this" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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