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High-fliers must have raw rice boiled (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aircrew

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'high-fliers must' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'raw rice boiled' is the wordplay.
'boiled' is an anagram indicator (letters cooked or boiled into a new form).
'raw'+'rice'='rawrice'
'rawrice' with letters rearranged gives 'AIRCREW'.

'have' is the link.

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(Other definitions for aircrew that I've seen before include "Pilots, stewards, etc" , "Regular high fliers" , "Plane's staff" , "flyers" , "Plane's operators" .)

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