Laying off flipping idiot involved in non-23 (10)

Guardian Cryptic #29211 | 13 Down | 2023-10-26
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

for definition e.g. 'to lay off the sauce' meaning to give up drinking reversal/"flipping" of NIT="idiot"; inside ABSENCE=non- ATTENDANCE (using solution to 23ac)

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