Obsessive party news outlets impressed by criminal joker (5-2,8)
I believe the answer is:
stand-up comedian
'joker' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'obsessive party news outlets impressed by criminal' is the wordplay.
'obsessive party' becomes 'standup' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'news outlets' becomes 'media' (I've seen this before).
'impressed by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'criminal' becomes 'con' (abbreviation for 'convict').
'media' going within 'con' is 'comedian'.
'standup'+'comedian'='STAND-UP COMEDIAN'
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I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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