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Surround PM, once ordered by a bodyguard (9)

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I believe the answer is:

encompass

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

'pm once ordered by a bodyguard' is the wordplay.
'ordered' indicates an anagram.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'bodyguard' becomes 'ss' (the SS was originally Hitler's personal bodyguard).
'pm'+'once'='pmonce'
'pmonce' anagrammed gives 'encomp'.
'encomp'+'a'+'ss'='ENCOMPASS'

(Other definitions for encompass that I've seen before include "Contrive" , "Comprehensively include" , "Surround, hold" , "Surround; include" , "Contain or encircle" .)

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