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Peace slogan involving diligence, no less (7,2,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

silence is golden

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

'involving diligence no less' is the wordplay.
'involving' indicates anagramming the letters.
'diligence'+'no'+'less'='diligencenoless'
'diligencenoless' is an anagram of 'SILENCE IS GOLDEN'.

(Other definitions for silence is golden that I've seen before include "peace slogan" , "Mum's" , "precious saw" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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