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The foreign director general catches relative with playboy (3,3)

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I believe the answer is:

lad mag

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'playboy' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'the foreign director general catches relative' is the wordplay.
'the foreign' becomes 'la'.
'director' becomes 'd'.
'general catches relative' becomes 'mag' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'la'+'d'+'mag'='LAD MAG'

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for lad mag that I've seen before include "Glossy for young men" , "Playboy, for example" , "Publication aimed at young men" , "Soft porn publication" , "Periodical aimed at men, in short" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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