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The Guardian was a real battle today, get your head round this one if you can.

Ironic wish for food — eating shrub's rubbish, concealing go-slow among detectives and pupil (3,4,2,7,4)

The answer is THE BEST OF BRITISH LUCK.
I got this one from the definition and just a few crossers but every time I try to parse it I get too dizzy and have to stop.

whars parse?

Surely not one of these words where the "p" is silent?

I use it to mean trying to work out or solve the word-play in a clue.

food=TUCK
shrub's=HEBES
rubbish=TOSH
detectives=FBI
pupil=L

but I can't see how go-slow=RIT!

T)HEBES(TO(FB)RIT(I)SH)(L)(UCK.
hebes (shrubS) inside tuck(food)
tosh(rubbish) around fbi (detectives) which is around rit (musical term,ritardando meaning play gradually slower) followed by L (pupil).

Yes I can! Musical notation -- 'Ritardando'

Thanks for that folks saved my poor wee brain.