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Proposed main solution with famous surrounding (9)

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I believe the answer is:

nominated

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'proposed' is the definition.
(nominating is a kind of proposing)

'main solution with famous surrounding' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'main' is 'mina' which is located in the answer.
'famous' could be 'noted' (noted can mean well-known or famous) and 'noted' is found in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for nominated that I've seen before include "Proposed as a candidate" , "Put forward for election" , "mentioned specifically" , "selected" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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