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Analysis of perhaps local crisis in government initially (6-9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

number-crunching

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'analysis of perhaps local crisis in government initially' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'perhaps local crisis in government initially' is the wordplay.
'perhaps local' becomes 'number' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'crisis' becomes 'crunch' (eg credit crunch).
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'government' is 'g'.
'number'+'crunch'+'in'+'g'='NUMBER-CRUNCHING'

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(Other definitions for number-crunching that I've seen before include "Performing large numbers of calculations" , "Making lots of calculations" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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