Hoot when swerving a lot passing leader in paniccrash still? (9)

Guardian Cryptic #29700 | 7 Down | 2025-05-21
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

A charade of P (‘leader in P anic’) plus HOTO, an anagram (‘when swerving’) of ‘hoot’ plus BOMB (‘a lot’ in price). To PHOTOBOMB is to appear unwelcomely in a ‘still’ taken for another purpose.

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