Thanks for all your entries, to what I thought would have been a difficult word to clue, with an impressive wide range of devices employed, bravo. There was merit in all clues but as usual it's not practical to comment on them all. I did expect to see some reference to a succubus mutant but some or all of the 3 "c"s were imaginatively sourced by amej's speed of light, buddy's Commander in Chief, jono's confined to camp, sam's CCS and geting's soccer center. Other touches I like are tyke's (cut) to the point, paul's out of the box "this", jono's Latin next/following, wil's last letter removals and raffles's scratch their hole. Aristo's clues are always well thought out and this byzantine effort no exception. I also enjoyed "researching" Eva Longoria. I've swithered over paul @ 12 and as much as I admire the attempt it doesn't quite come together for me. However, this weeks podium
bronze: fiery's homophones @ 23
silver: geting's (legal) brief @ 7
this week's gold: dorrien @ 14
Concise as initially some undercover cops certify in court
Two protagonists who are normally anything but succinct; Bernard to the rescue.
https://youtu.be/DGscoaUWW2M?si=q6Xa53LmwnWw9cAu
Cheers for the moment.