Egalitarian, like a teacher not teaching? (9)
I believe the answer is:
classless
'egalitarian' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'teacher not teaching?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'not' could be 'less' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'less' is found within the answer.
'teaching?' could be 'class' (class is a kind of teaching) and 'class' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'like a' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for classless that I've seen before include "Lacking distinction" , "lacking social order" , "Society of socialist ideal" , "having no social distinctions" , "like an unemployed teacher" .)