Unexceptional claims: Tory leader meaning the opposite (10)
I believe the answer is:
antonymous
'the opposite' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'unexceptional claims tory leader' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'tory leader' could be 't' (I've seen this in other clues) and 't' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'anonymous' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'meaning' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for antonymous that I've seen before include "As War and Peace" , "As near and far are" .)