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A name in Conservative party supporting new and old? That's not possible (2,3,2)

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I believe the answer is:

no can do

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'that's not possible' is the definition.
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'a name in conservative party supporting new and old?' is the wordplay.
'a name in conservative party' becomes 'oc' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'supporting' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'new' becomes 'n'.
'old?' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'oc' put after 'n' is 'noc'.
'noc'+'and'+'o'='NO CAN DO'

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(Other definitions for no can do that I've seen before include "Nothing manageable" , "off-putting response" , "Can't manage it, see doc anon" , "That's not possible" , "Absolutely not!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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