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Polite and appropriate, showing luggage from embassy? (10,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

diplomatic bag

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'luggage from embassy?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'polite and appropriate' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'appropriate' could be 'bag' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'bag' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'diplomatic' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'showing' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for diplomatic bag that I've seen before include "Embassy mail sack" , "Embassy's mail container" , "One taking post abroad" , "Embassy mail pouch" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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