Daily pursuit of excessive bureaucracy (10)
I believe the answer is:
paperchase
'excessive bureaucracy' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'daily pursuit' is the wordplay.
'daily' becomes 'paper' (newspaper).
'pursuit' becomes 'chase' (synonyms).
'paper'+'chase'='PAPERCHASE'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for paperchase that I've seen before include "Bureaucrats' delight" , "bureaucratic procedure" , "sheet-handling process" , "Race" , "running game" .)