Clothes worn by power party bosses (3,4)
I believe the answer is:
top dogs
'bosses' is the definition.
(a top dog is a powerful person)
'clothes worn by power party' is the wordplay.
'clothes' becomes 'togs' ('tog' can be a synonym of 'clothe').
'worn by' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'power' becomes 'p'.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'p'+'do'='pdo'
'togs' enclosing 'pdo' is 'TOP DOGS'.
I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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