Matador does this extremely elegant manoeuvre to avoid disaster (5,1,6)
I believe the answer is:
dodge a bullet
'matador does this extremely elegant' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'manoeuvre to avoid disaster' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'manoeuvre' could be 'let' (let is a kind of manoeuvre) and 'let' is found in the answer.
'avoid' could be 'dodge' (dodging is a kind of avoiding) and 'dodge' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
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I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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