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Organisation essential for badminton (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

admin

'organisation' is the definition.
(short for administration)

'essential for badminton' is the wordplay.
'essential for' indicates a hidden word (I've seen this in other clues).
'ADMIN' can be found hidden inside 'badminton'.

(Other definitions for admin that I've seen before include "Process of running an organisation (abbr)" , "Organisation (colloq.)" , "Business management" , "Business organisation" , "Back-office work (abbr)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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