A name for the top officer's way of working (5)
I believe the answer is:
cosmo
'a name' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'the top officer's way of working' is the wordplay.
'the top' means to remove the first letter.
'officer's' becomes 'ncos' (abbreviation for non-commissioned officer).
'way of working' becomes 'mo' (I've seen this in other clues).
'ncos' with its first letter removed is 'cos'.
'cos'+'mo'='COSMO'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cosmo that I've seen before include "One of Florence's Medici rulers" , "Fellow" , "- Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury nineteen twenty eight to nineteen forty two" .)