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Published the matter in question linked to director (6)

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issued

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'published the matter' is the definition.
'issued' can be an answer for 'published' ('issue' can be a synonym of 'publish'). I'm not certain of the 'the matter' bit.

'question linked to director' is the wordplay.
'question' becomes 'issue' (I've seen this before).
'linked to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'director' becomes 'd'.
'issue'+'d'='ISSUED'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for issued that I've seen before include "Published, brought out" , "Published, put out" , "released" , "Circulated, a statement perhaps" , "Brought out a publication" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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