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Minor figures in international body engaged in much oil wrangling (9)

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I believe the answer is:

homunculi

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'minor figures' is the definition.
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'international body engaged in much oil wrangling' is the wordplay.
'international body' becomes 'UN' (short for United Nations).
'engaged in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'wrangling' is an anagram indicator (wrangle can mean to round up and organise).
'much'+'oil'='muchoil'
'muchoil' with letters rearranged gives 'homculi'.
'un' inserted into 'homculi' is 'HOMUNCULI'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for homunculi that I've seen before include "little people!" , "Small humanoid creatures" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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