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Enlightened pair of journalists embracing posh moggie (8)

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I believe the answer is:

educated

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'enlightened pair' is the definition.
'educated' can be an answer for 'enlightened' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'pair' bit.

'journalists embracing posh moggie' is the wordplay.
'journalists' becomes 'eded'.
'embracing' is an insertion indicator.
'posh' becomes 'u' (abbreviation for upper-class - opposite to non-U).
'moggie' becomes 'cat' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'u'+'cat'='ucat'
'eded' going around 'ucat' is 'EDUCATED'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for educated that I've seen before include "Instructed, taught" , "Schooled, trained" , "Well-read" , "Erudite" , "Civilised" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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