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Taking office is concise as can be (9)

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I believe the answer is:

accession

'taking office' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'concise as can be' is the wordplay.
'can be' indicates an anagram.
'concise'+'as'='conciseas'
'conciseas' is an anagram of 'ACCESSION'.

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for accession that I've seen before include "New item added to a library or museum" , "Act of taking up office" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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