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Papa constrained by fixed idea, notion being dogmatic (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

opinionated

'dogmatic' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'papa constrained by fixed idea notion' is the wordplay.
'papa' becomes 'p' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'constrained by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'fixed' is an anagram indicator.
'idea'+'notion'='ideanotion'
'ideanotion' anagrammed gives 'oinionated'.
'p' placed within 'oinionated' is 'OPINIONATED'.

'being' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for opinionated that I've seen before include "Assertive in one's views" , "Doctrinaire" , "Assertively dogmatic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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