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Reconsider former England manager and wife (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

review

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'reconsider' is the definition.
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'former england manager and wife' is the wordplay.
'former england manager' becomes 'revie' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'wife' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'revie'+'w'='REVIEW'

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(Other definitions for review that I've seen before include "Formal assessment" , "General survey of a plan" , "notice" , "A critique or commentary on play or film" , "study" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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