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Laugh-a-minute Mourinho’s entertaining company (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

jocose

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'laugh-a-minute' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'mourinho's entertaining company' is the wordplay.
'mourinho's' becomes 'jose' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'entertaining' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'jose' going around 'co' is 'JOCOSE'.

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(Other definitions for jocose that I've seen before include "Full of merriment" , "Jesting and playful" , "Laughing" , "Full of jokes" , "Playful and joking" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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