Claim three sopranos are staggered at display of snobbish bias (8)
I believe the answer is:
classism
'display of snobbish bias' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'claim three sopranos are staggered' is the wordplay.
'three sopranos' means three replacements for 'soprano'.
'soprano' becomes 's' (musical abbreviation).
'soprano' becomes 's' (musical abbreviation).
'soprano' becomes 's' (musical abbreviation).
'are staggered' indicates an anagram.
'claim'+'s'+'s'+'s'='claimsss'
'claimsss' with letters rearranged gives 'CLASSISM'.
'at' is the link.
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I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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