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Foreign Office leading odd discussion meeting (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

forum

'discussion meeting' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'foreign office leading odd' is the wordplay.
'foreign office' becomes 'fo'.
'leading' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'odd' becomes 'rum' (I've seen this before).
'fo'+'rum'='FORUM'

(Other definitions for forum that I've seen before include "Place to discuss ideas" , "place for debate" , "old square" , "discussion group" , "Internet message board" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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