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Struggling for idea, as previously mentioned (9)

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I believe the answer is:

aforesaid

'previously mentioned' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'struggling for idea as' is the wordplay.
'struggling' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'for'+'idea'+'as'='forideaas'
'forideaas' is an anagram of 'AFORESAID'.

(Other definitions for aforesaid that I've seen before include "earlier" , "The one previously mentioned" , "previously referred to" , "Above-mentioned" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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