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Pompous Tory leader plans of merit confused (4-9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

self-important

'pompous' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'tory leader plans of merit confused' is the wordplay.
'tory leader' becomes 't' (I've seen this in other clues).
'confused' indicates anagramming the letters.
't'+'plans'+'of'+'merit'='tplansofmerit'
'tplansofmerit' is an anagram of 'SELF-IMPORTANT'.

(Another definition for self-important that I've seen is " Pompous".)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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