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Grand entrance to the top drawer (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gentry

'the top drawer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'grand entrance' is the wordplay.
'grand' becomes 'g' (G is short for grand as in a thousand).
'entrance' becomes 'entry' (synonyms).
'g'+'entry'='GENTRY'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for gentry that I've seen before include "The landowning classes" , "People of social rank just below nobility" , "People of high birth" , "Folk, often upper class" , "cream?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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