Far from popular CEO tries to mingle (8)
I believe the answer is:
esoteric
'far' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'popular ceo tries to mingle' is the wordplay.
'ceo tries' can be anagrammed to 'ESOTERIC'.
However, I am unsure how the anagram is indicated.
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for esoteric that I've seen before include "Intelligible only to informed people in coteries" , "Intelligible only with special knowledge" , "Understood by only a few people" , "Secret kind of coteries" , "exclusive" .)