Fussily exercising one’s power or authority (9)

I believe the answer is:

officious

(Other definitions for officious that I've seen before include "Assertively interfering" , "Bossy and interfering" , "Too ready to offer help and advice when it's not wanted" , "Domineering" , "Offensively meddlesome" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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