Going round, say, a touch ironically, "He's made cuts but he is looking after you" (9)
I believe the answer is:
caregiver
'cuts but he is looking after you' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'going round say a touch ironically he's' is the wordplay.
'going round' is an insertion indicator.
'say' becomes 'eg'.
'a touch' indicates taking the first letters (I've seen 'touch of' mean this).
'he' becomes 'carver' (**).
The first letter of 'ironically' is 'i'.
'eg'+'i'='egi'
'egi' put within 'carver' is 'CAREGIVER'.
'made' is the link.
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I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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