Conservative unfortunately meddled with learning (6,9)

I believe the answer is:

middle englander

'conservative' is the definition.
(term for a middle-class English person)

'unfortunately meddled with learning' is the wordplay.
'unfortunately' is an anagram indicator.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'meddled' after 'learning' is 'learningmeddled'.
'learningmeddled' with letters rearranged gives 'MIDDLE ENGLANDER'.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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