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Briefing about problem, my answer's complicated (4,7)

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'complicated' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'briefing about problem my answer's' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'about' could be 'a' (abbreviation in Chambers) and 'a' is found within the answer.
'problem' could be 'sum' (as in a mathematical problem) and 'sum' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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