The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

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Clue no. 22: Jerry's caught a tiddler deploying last of dynamite. A case of gilding the lily?

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A clue to POSTICHE.
2 comments refer to this clue (from 2 competitors, 0 others)

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Comments on the clue
1."Caught" seems superfluous in the cryptic reading, and the definition is unconvincing.
2.Surface reading is rather contrived and implausible. Not sure what 'deployed' is doing for the wordplay.