Pressure on legal scholar losing the head with an uncompromising stickler for perfection (6)
I believe the answer is:
purist
'stickler for perfection' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'pressure on legal scholar losing the head with an uncompromising' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'pressure' could be 'p' (abbreviation) and 'p' is located in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
'an' could be 'i' (Roman numeral for one) and 'i' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'urs' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for purist that I've seen before include "Pedantic type" , "Stir up (anag) - pedant" , "Stickler for correctness, especially in language" , "One who insists on precision and correctness" , "Fastidious person" .)