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Small group in organisation flips over odd clues (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nucleus

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'small group' is the definition.
'nucleus' can be an answer for 'group' (nucleus is a kind of group). I am not certain of the 'small' bit.

'organisation flips over odd clues' is the wordplay.
'organisation' becomes 'un' (UN is an example**).
'flips over' is a reversal indicator (I've seen 'flipped over' mean this).
'odd' indicates anagramming the letters.
'un' written backwards gives 'nu'.
'clues' is an anagram of 'cleus'.
'nu'+'cleus'='NUCLEUS'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for nucleus that I've seen before include "Central mass of a cell" , "Central part of a cell" , "central component" , "centrepiece?" , "Atom's core" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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