Manages toupee-clad bachelor hairdresser? (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
rubs along
'manages' is the definition.
(rubbing along is a kind of managing)
'toupee-clad bachelor hairdresser?' is the wordplay.
'toupee' becomes 'rug' (rug is a kind of toupee).
'clad' is an insertion indicator (clad can mean covered by).
'bachelor' becomes 'B' (abbreviation e.g. BA=Bachelor of Arts).
'hairdresser?' becomes 'salon' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'b'+'salon'='bsalon'
'rug' placed around 'bsalon' is 'RUBS ALONG'.
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