Need millions to engage in encouragement to repeat main Waugh novel (13)

Independent Cryptic #11720 | 25 Across | 2024-05-03
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Need millions to engage in encouragement to repeat main Waugh novel [LACK (=need, want) + M (=millions)] in [BIS (=encouragement to repeat, in music) + CHIEF (=main, principal)]; the reference is to the 1932 novel by Evelyn Waugh, set on the fictional African island of Azania

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