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This perplexing character leaves Alice Smith: "Cheers!"; only a twisted smile remains (8,3)

Remove CHESHIRECAT* from ALICESMITHCHEERS, leaving SMILE*

Revolutionary rat, Che is whipped, seemingly got the cream (

Cheat Cher is confused but manages a permanent grin (8,3)

Cherie chats through a cash register smile - cat melodeon! (8,3)

Obviously that's

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Many thanks to all who entered this week's Clueless.
It was entertaining reading, with lots of inventive wordplay and anagramming on display. Having whittled the finalists down to Jono 3, Aristo 5, Raffles 12, Darla 15, Paul 19 and Buddy 21, my unpleasant task is then to exclude by finding fault.
Missing out by a cat's whisker are Paul - 'After a friendly welcome, frenetic race to open chest containing Carroll's legacy'
and Darla - 'Revolutionary has special job for Tom, leaving him grinning from ear to ear'
The winner is Aristo's neat hidden, that took a moment to spot as it cleverly avoids all mention of cheese, grin, tom, Alice etc.
Churches hire Catholic insider to highlight nature-defying icon (8,3)

Congratulations Aristo!

Optical illusion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_RoDbP7nHc

Cheshire cheese
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gWCNVnAWew

An Alice whose voice sends me to Wonderland (Buddy knows)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYAMX4oImkc

My attempt to influence the American election
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HUDb6Diw3tI

Nice one Aricto - very cleverly disguised indeed! Cheers Geting and thanks for the big smile.

Congrats Aristo, neatly done. Cheers Geting, good fun.

Very nice Aristo - well done! Cheers Geting - I`ve had a pint in the Cheshire Cheese on Fleet St ... the tourists took photos of us, they probably thought we were exhibits!