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A name for the top officer's way of working (5)

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I believe the answer is:

cosmo

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'a name' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'the top officer's way of working' is the wordplay.
'the top' means to remove the first letter.
'officer's' becomes 'ncos' (abbreviation for non-commissioned officer).
'way of working' becomes 'mo' (I've seen this in other clues).
'ncos' with its first letter removed is 'cos'.
'cos'+'mo'='COSMO'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for cosmo that I've seen before include "One of Florence's Medici rulers" , "Fellow" , "- Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury nineteen twenty eight to nineteen forty two" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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