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Inquisitive about leader of Conservatives and cocaine (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

nose candy

'cocaine' is the definition.
(I know that nose candy is a type of cocaine)

'inquisitive about leader of conservatives and' is the wordplay.
'inquisitive' becomes 'nosey' (I've seen this before).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'leader of' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'conservatives' is 'c'.
'c'+'and'='cand'
'nosey' going around 'cand' is 'NOSE CANDY'.

(Another definition for nose candy that I've seen is " coke in US".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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