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Attack a good man in charge who is pompous (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bombastic

'is pompous' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'attack a good man in charge' is the wordplay.
'attack' becomes 'bomb' (bombing is a kind of attacking**).
'good man' becomes 'st'.
'in charge' becomes 'ic'.
'bomb'+'a'+'st'+'ic'='BOMBASTIC'

'who' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for bombastic that I've seen before include "Pompous -- inflated" , "I cast bomb, being pompous in speech" , "Pretentious" , "Declamatory, ostentatiously lofty" , "High-flown" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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