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Hairdresser covers PC's toupee clumsily — that's controversial in Sydney! (8,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

barbecue stopper

'that's controversial in sydney' is the definition.
(Australian term for a controversial topic)

'hairdresser covers pc's toupee clumsily' is the wordplay.
'hairdresser' becomes 'barber' (barber is a kind of hairdresser).
'covers' is an insertion indicator.
'clumsily' indicates an anagram.
'pcs'+'toupee'='pcstoupee'
'pcstoupee' is an anagram of 'cuestoppe'.
'barber' enclosing 'cuestoppe' is 'BARBECUE STOPPER'.

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