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Can Tony finish the job with light-headed mien? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

blair

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'can tony' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'finish the job with light-headed mien?' is the wordplay.
'finish' says to take the final letters.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'light-headed' becomes 'l' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'mien?' becomes 'air' (I've seen this before).
The last letter of 'job' is 'b'.
'b'+'l'+'air'='BLAIR'

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(Other definitions for blair that I've seen before include "Tony ..... Labour leader in Britain" , "Was this prime minister a Libra?" , "Labour leader from 1994" , "Former prime minister" , "Formerly premier" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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