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Principal drunk a Whyte and ? - how is that acting like The Pioneers? (7,3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leading the way

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'? how is that acting like the pioneers?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'principal drunk a whyte' is the wordplay.
'principal' becomes 'leading' (I've seen this before**).
'drunk' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'whyte'='awhyte'
'awhyte' with letters rearranged gives 'theway'.
'leading'+'theway'='LEADING THE WAY'

'and' is the link.

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(Another definition for leading the way that I've seen is " In the van".)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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