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Oddly cued a Conservative cut, as one not liking to see class struggle? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

educator

'one not liking to see class struggle?' is the definition.
(someone educating a class)

'oddly cued a conservative cut' is the wordplay.
'oddly' is an anagram indicator.
'conservative' becomes 'tory' (Tory means a member of the Conservative Party).
'cut' means to remove the last letter.
'tory' with its final letter taken away is 'tor'.
'cued' anagrammed gives 'educ'.
'educ'+'a'+'tor'='EDUCATOR'

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for educator that I've seen before include "Teacher, lecturer" , "Pedagogue, teacher" , "mistress, say" , "school worker" , "master, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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