Surplus to requirements (5)
There are a few possibilities for this:
redundant
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">surplus to requirements</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(extra can mean spare or unneeded)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for extra that I've seen before include "Possibly overthrow" , "late edition" , "Cricket run; unusually" , "Minor person screened" , "spotted at rear of the platoon?" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">surplus to requirements</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for spare that I've seen before include "Excess to requirements" , "Thin; left over" , "Thin; surplus" , "slit at top of trousers in Scotland" , "A feature of trousers" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">surplus to requirements</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for redundant that I've seen before include "Surplus to requirements" , "laid off" , "without useful purpose" , "out of a job" , "on the scrap heap?" .)