Chief of police rubbish, Spooner said (3,3)
I believe the answer is:
top cat
'rubbish spooner said' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'chief of police' is the wordplay.
'chief' becomes 'top' (synonyms).
'of police' becomes 'cat' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'top'+'cat'='TOP CAT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for top cat that I've seen is " CAT".)
I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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