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Expert to study din round second old city (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

connoisseur

'expert' is the definition.
(I know that Connoisseur is a type of expert)

'study din round second old city' is the wordplay.
'study' becomes 'con' (con can informally mean to study).
'din' becomes 'noise' (a din is a noisy disturbance).
'round' indicates putting letters inside.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'old city' becomes 'ur' (ancient city state).
'noise' enclosing 's' is 'noisse'.
'con'+'noisse'+'ur'='CONNOISSEUR'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for connoisseur that I've seen before include "Knowledgeable art-lover" , "Expert judge of taste" , "discriminating judge" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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