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Smartest visitor at table conks out coming in (7)

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I believe the answer is:

tidiest

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'smartest' is the definition.
('tidy' can be similar in meaning to 'smart')

'conks out coming in' is the wordplay.
'conks out' becomes 'dies' ('die' can be a synonym of 'conk out').
'coming' becomes 'tit' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'dies' going within 'tit' is 'TIDIEST'.

'visitor at table' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for tidiest that I've seen before include "most trim" , "smarter than anything" , "One orderly more than others" , "Neatest" , "optimally arranged" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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