Yes, in France and Germany managers used to call people who were late (5,6)
I believe the answer is:
ouija boards
'yes in france and germany' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'managers used to call people who were late' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'managers' could be 'board' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'board' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ouijas' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
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I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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