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Ambassador’s
wife
getting
tips
from
Ascension
Islander
(9)
Ambassador’s wife getting tips from Ascension Islander (9)
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The definition is at the end of the clue.
How the clue works
Look at Islander at the end — that's your definition, pointing to someone from the Hebrides. HE gives you the ambassador (His Excellency), followed by BRIDE for wife, then AN comes from taking the tips — the first and last letters — of AscensioN.