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Reference arranged at St Emilion (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

testimonial

'reference' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'arranged at st emilion' is the wordplay.
'arranged' is an anagram indicator.
'at'+'st'+'emilion'='atstemilion'
'atstemilion' is an anagram of 'TESTIMONIAL'.

(Other definitions for testimonial that I've seen before include "Character recommendation - tribute for service" , "Tribute or token of respect" , "A written character" , "special match" , "Character reference" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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