Aristocrat has English students to scold (7)
I believe the answer is:
telloff
'scold' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'aristocrat has english students' is the wordplay.
'aristocrat' becomes 'toff' (toff can mean an upper-class person).
'has' indicates putting letters inside.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation as in OED).
'students' becomes 'LL' (an abbreviation for learner driver written twice).
'e'+'ll'='ell'
'toff' placed around 'ell' is 'TELLOFF'.
'to' acts as a link.
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I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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