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Chlorine always bungs up brainbox (6,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

clever clogs

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'up brainbox' is the definition.
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'chlorine always bungs' is the wordplay.
'chlorine' becomes 'Cl' (Cl is the chemical symbol for chlorine).
'always' becomes 'ever' (synonyms).
'bungs' becomes 'clogs' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'cl'+'ever'+'clogs'='CLEVER CLOGS'

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(Other definitions for clever clogs that I've seen before include "Smarties" , "Know-all" , "Smarty-boots?" , "Smartypants" , "Wise guy" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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