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Name the commanding officer's way of working (5)

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cosmo

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'name' is the definition.
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'commanding officer's way of working' is the wordplay.
'commanding officer's' becomes 'co's'.
'way of working' becomes 'mo' (modus operandi).
'cos'+'mo'='COSMO'

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(Other definitions for cosmo that I've seen before include "- Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury nineteen twenty eight to nineteen forty two" , "Fellow" , "One of Florence's Medici rulers" .)

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