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[bluemanx3]

6a
retired in charge of fixed points (4)
foci, foci is a focal point plural but how is retired an indicator to take first letter of each word and go backwards? not happy with this one!

[Aquagility]

I/C +of, reversed

[CGreenland]

In crosswordese, "retired" is often a clue to "going backwards".

What goes backwards, then, is IC, a common abbreviation for "in charge", followed by OF

- and "fixed points" is the definition.

The fact that the letters are also the initials of the words in the clue is just coincidence, I'm sure.

[bluemanx3]

thank you CGreenland and Aquagility very much!