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Flippant member of the A-Team promises to pay overtime (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

facetious

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'flippant' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'promises to pay overtime' is the wordplay.
'promises' becomes 'IOUs' (promises to pay a debt).
'to' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'pay overtime' becomes 'facet' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ious' after 'facet' is 'FACETIOUS'.

'member of the a-team' is the link.
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(Other definitions for facetious that I've seen before include "Inappropriately humorous" , "Jocular; frivolous" , "Flippantly humorous" , "Intended to be amusing or witty" , "Using inapt humour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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