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Deal with extremely evasive type getting a talking to? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

addressee

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'type getting a talking to?' is the definition.
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'deal with extremely evasive' is the wordplay.
'deal with' becomes 'address' (synonyms).
'extremely' suggests removing the centre (only the extremes of the word are used).
'evasive' with its middle taken out is 'ee'.
'address'+'ee'='ADDRESSEE'

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(Other definitions for addressee that I've seen before include "The one to whom the message is sent" , "Recipient of post" , "One contacted" , "He gets a letter" , "The person to whom letter is delivered" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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