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Tidy old finance chancellor, in short - get shot!(5)DE?CE. I can't work out any wordplay for 'deuce' or 'de-ice'. Please help

I haven't finished that one yet, but are you sure that uour first e is not o?

DOUCE is a Scottish word for "tidy" - I finally found it!
an Boss can ah also say that yiv nivir looked sae douce ava an . . .” Translated: douce: neat, tidy, loveable, respectable.

I don't think douce is sorrect, aceface.

tidy - old - chancellor

correct for sorrect of course - finger slipped!

.... and the definition is get shot (of)

In that case I am well & truly flummoxed. I was sure that the only letter in doubt was the 3rd and the only letters that would fit were L and U.

The word is in Chambers - I wouldn't have known it otherwise. See my earlier posting for construction.

Remember Mrs. Mop? - I've come to do you now, sir - meaning to tidy up.

Thanks AJT for putting me on the right track(s)!

Not convinced. If however you tidy,i.e. rearrange OLD and CE,the short form of Chancellor of the Exchequer you get DOLCE,which is the same as DOUCE according to Chambers, Still can't see why it's get shot but half these clues have long struck me as being bizarre in the extreme.