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Surprisingly static ā€” reprove part of economy (7,6)

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private sector

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'economy' is the definition.
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'surprisingly static reprove' is the wordplay.
'surprisingly' is an anagram indicator (a surprising ordering of the letters).
'static'+'reprove'='staticreprove'
'staticreprove' is an anagram of 'PRIVATE SECTOR'.

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(Other definitions for private sector that I've seen before include "Non-state economy" , "Commercial enterprises collectively" .)

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