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Rule arbitrarily. Rode crazily around mine (8)

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domineer

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'rule' is the definition.
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'rode crazily around mine' is the wordplay.
'crazily' indicates anagramming the letters.
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'rode' with letters rearranged gives 'doer'.
'doer' enclosing 'mine' is 'DOMINEER'.

'arbitrarily' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for domineer that I've seen before include "Tyrrannise" , "Behave imperiously" , "Exercise power over in an autocratic manner" , "Tyrannise" , "Ride roughshod over" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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