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Yes Charlie, that quotation is accurate (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sic

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'quotation is accurate' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'yes charlie' is the wordplay.
'yes' becomes 'si' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'charlie' becomes 'C' (phonetic alphabet).
'si'+'c'='SIC'

'that' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for sic that I've seen before include "Urge to attack" , "'Thus, in printing (3)'" , "As it stands, in printing" , "Thus in Corsica" , "Quoted exactly as in the original; so" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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