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Wonderful barracker thanks Saint in charge (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fantastic

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'wonderful' is the definition.
(I know that wonderful can be written as fantastic)

'barracker thanks saint in charge' is the wordplay.
'barracker thanks' becomes 'fanta' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'saint' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'in charge' becomes 'ic' (abbreviation for 'in charge').
'fanta'+'st'+'ic'='FANTASTIC'

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(Other definitions for fantastic that I've seen before include "Splendid, amazing" , "Wild" , "Extraordinarily good, tremendous" , "Brilliant or unbelievable" , "Illusory - excellent!" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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