Repeatedly tame rowdy colleague (8)

I believe the answer is:

teammate

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'repeatedly tame rowdy colleague' is the definition.
'teammate' can be an answer for 'colleague' (thesaurus). I'm unsure of the 'repeatedly tame rowdy' bit.

'tame rowdy colleague' is the wordplay.
'rowdy' indicates anagramming the letters.
'colleague' becomes 'mate' (mate can mean a colleague or friend).
'tame' with letters rearranged gives 'team'.
'team'+'mate'='TEAMMATE'

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(Another definition for teammate that I've seen is " fellow player".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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