Tavern's host to direct some stripping for pop idol (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
bruno mars
'stripping for pop idol' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'tavern's host to direct some' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'direct' could be 'run' (running is a kind of directing) and 'run' is found in the answer.
'some' could be 'a' and 'a' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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