Swine problematic for dated government body (5,2,5)
I believe the answer is:
board of trade
'government body' is the definition.
(UK government body)
'swine problematic for dated' is the wordplay.
'swine' becomes 'boar' (boar is a kind of swine).
'problematic' indicates anagramming the letters.
'for'+'dated'='fordated'
'fordated' is an anagram of 'doftrade'.
'boar'+'doftrade'='BOARD OF TRADE'
(Another definition for board of trade that I've seen is " Former government ministry".)
I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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