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Charity fete closing early upset alderman, perhaps (4,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

city father

'alderman perhaps' is the definition.

'charity fete closing early upset' is the wordplay.
'closing early' means to remove the last letter.
'upset' is an anagram indicator.
'charity'+'fete'='charityfete'
'charityfete' with its final letter taken off is 'charityfet'.
'charityfet' is an anagram of 'CITY FATHER'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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