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Cheat, turning up with Oscar? I'm unable to carry that off! (2,3,2)

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I believe the answer is:

no can do

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'i'm unable to carry that off' is the definition.
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'cheat turning up with oscar?' is the wordplay.
'cheat' becomes 'con' (con is a kind of cheat).
'turning up' is a reversal indicator.
'with' becomes 'and'.
'oscar?' becomes 'O' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'con' back-to-front is 'noc'.
'noc'+'and'+'o'='NO CAN DO'

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(Other definitions for no can do that I've seen before include "That's out of the question!" , "That's not possible" , "Bring-a-bottle party?" , "Absolutely not!" , "Nothing manageable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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