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Union advice: Uri Geller is a conman performing magic essentially (8,11)

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I believe the answer is:

marriage counselling

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'union advice uri geller is a conman performing magic essentially' is the definition.
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'uri geller is a conman performing magic essentially' is the wordplay.
'performing' indicates anagramming the letters (the letters move around or 'perform').
'essentially' indicates the central letters.
The middle letter of 'magic' is 'g'.
'uri'+'geller'+'is'+'a'+'conman'='urigellerisaconman'
'urigellerisaconman' is an anagram of 'marriagecounsellin'.
'marriagecounsellin'+'g'='MARRIAGE COUNSELLING'

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