Conductors head off social climbers? (6)
I believe the answer is:
ushers
'climbers?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'conductors head off social' is the wordplay.
'conductors' becomes 'cus' (Cu is an example).
'head off' means to remove the first letter.
'social' becomes 'hers' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'cus' with its initial letter removed is 'us'.
'us'+'hers'='USHERS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ushers that I've seen before include "They escort people to seats" , "They show people to their seats in theatres" , "Escorts" , "Theatre attendants" , "Do they lead" .)