Manager rolling ciggy before official turns up (6)
I believe the answer is:
gaffer
'manager' is the definition.
(gaffer can mean a manager or boss)
'rolling ciggy before official turns up' is the wordplay.
'rolling' is a reversal indicator.
'ciggy' becomes 'fag' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'official' becomes 'ref' (match official in football, say).
'turns up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'fag' reversed gives 'gaf'.
'ref' back-to-front is 'fer'.
'gaf'+'fer'='GAFFER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gaffer that I've seen before include "Superior" , "Informal boss or foreman" , "Boss, overseer" , "Foreperson of a work squad" , "one securing large fish" .)