Foreign minister's transition periods (8)
I believe the answer is:
interims
'transition periods' is the definition.
'interims' can be an answer for 'periods' (interim is a kind of period). I am unsure of the 'transition' bit.
'foreign minister's' is the wordplay.
'foreign' is an anagram indicator (foreign order of the letters).
'minister' with letters rearranged gives 'INTERIMS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for interims that I've seen is " periods in between".)
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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