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Palaver to fix Cockney's cavity following damage (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rigmarole

'palaver' is the definition.
(both can mean a complicated process)

'fix cockney's cavity following damage' is the wordplay.
'fix' becomes 'rig' (rigging is a kind of fixing).
'cockney's cavity' becomes ''ole' ('hole' - hole is a kind of cavity - said with the 'H' dropped - a cockney accent.).
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'damage' becomes 'mar' (to mar is to spoil or damage).
'ole' put after 'mar' is 'marole'.
'rig'+'marole'='RIGMAROLE'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for rigmarole that I've seen before include "Long, rambling story" , "Palaver" , "Long, rambling statement or complicated procedure" , "red tape?" , "Long, complicated and confusing procedure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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