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German newspaper answered leader twisting everything that's said off the cuff (5)

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I believe the answer is:

adlib

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'everything that's said off the cuff' is the definition.
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'german newspaper answered leader twisting' is the wordplay.
'german newspaper' becomes 'bild' (German daily newspaper).
'leader' suggests taking the first letters.
'twisting' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (letters twist back).
The initial letter of 'answered' is 'a'.
'bild'+'a'='bilda'
'bilda' back-to-front is 'ADLIB'.

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(Other definitions for adlib that I've seen before include "not prepared for speech" , "wing it" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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