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Prior brings in shelter for five affected (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pretentious

'affected' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'prior brings in shelter for five' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'shelter' could be 'tent' (tent is a kind of shelter) and 'tent' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

(Other definitions for pretentious that I've seen before include "Affected" , "Pompous, self-important" , "Having airs and graces" , "Arrogant" , "Foolishly grandiose" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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