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Patronising husband staggered I ran Hotel Grand (6-4-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

holier-than-thou

'patronising' is the definition.

'husband staggered i ran hotel grand' is the wordplay.
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'staggered' indicates anagramming the letters.
'grand' becomes 'thou' (synonyms).
'i'+'ran'+'hotel'='iranhotel'
'iranhotel' anagrammed gives 'olierthan'.
'h'+'olierthan'+'thou'='HOLIER-THAN-THOU'

(Other definitions for holier-than-thou that I've seen before include "Sanctimonious" , "Self-righteous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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