Moralising peer restraining every individual (7)

I believe the answer is:

preachy

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'moralising peer restraining every individual' is the definition.
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'peer restraining every individual' is the wordplay.
'peer' becomes 'pry'.
'restraining' indicates putting letters inside.
'every individual' becomes 'each' (I've seen this before).
'pry' enclosing 'each' is 'PREACHY'.

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(Other definitions for preachy that I've seen before include "Sanctimonious" , "Tediously moralistic" , "Given to tedious moralising" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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