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PM meeting castaway and cartoonist (5,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heath robinson

'cartoonist' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'pm meeting castaway' is the wordplay.
'pm' becomes 'Heath' (prime minister Edward Heath).
'meeting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'castaway' becomes 'robinson' (I've seen this before).
'heath'+'robinson'='HEATH-ROBINSON'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for heath robinson that I've seen before include "Ingenious and ridiculously over-complicated in construction" , "Ridiculously complex in design" , "Ridiculously complicated in design" , "crazily complicated" , "Cartoonist noted for fantastic machinery" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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