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I disagree, not tenuous at all.
I think it is a really nice, totally logical clue. Which I expect hangedup just spoiled, inadvertantly.
It is one of those clues where you have to split the reading in an unlikely place, to divine the distinction between definition and word play.
In this case, I love how hidden that split point is. It makes the clue loads better IMO.
I also really enjoy how coherent the surface reading of the clue is. It's a sentence that could be uttered in an ordinary meeting without note or comment.
It's a contender for my fave ever minute cryptic clue.