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Spooner’s
expensive
rendezvous
with
The
Blob?
(4,5)
Spooner’s expensive rendezvous with The Blob? (4,5)
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The definition is at the end of the clue.
How the clue works
Right, so The Blob? is the definition — that's the nickname people use for the shadowy establishment, the deep state. Now, "expensive rendezvous" gives you "steep date", and Spooner's got his hands on it, swapping the initial consonant sounds round to turn "steep date" into DEEP STATE.