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Anyhow, he’s not given the trophy there and then (2,3,4)

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I believe the answer is:

on the spot

'there and then' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'anyhow he's not given the trophy' is the wordplay.
'anyhow' indicates an anagram.
'given' says to put letters next to each other.
'the trophy' becomes 'pot' (I've seen this before).
'hes'+'not'='hesnot'
'hesnot' is an anagram of 'onthes'.
'onthes'+'pot'='ON-THE-SPOT'

(Other definitions for on the spot that I've seen before include "In a difficult situation?" , "In difficulty" , "Where face cream may be applied" , "In an awkward predicament" , "Where cream may go" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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