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Meeting Pop in a way was being a prying observer (7,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peeping tom

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'observer' is the definition.
(Peeping Tom is an example)

'meeting pop in a way' is the wordplay.
'in a way' is an anagram indicator.
'meeting'+'pop'='meetingpop'
'meetingpop' is an anagram of 'PEEPING TOM'.

'was being a prying' is the link.
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(Other definitions for peeping tom that I've seen before include "Voyeur" , "who likes looking at females" , "One who spies pruriently on others" , "Spy" .)

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