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Raising hat, is head of theatre snobbish? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elitist

'snobbish?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'raising hat is head of theatre' is the wordplay.
'raising' says the letters should be written backwards (in a down clue, letters go up).
'hat' becomes 'tile' (old-fashioned term for a hat).
'head of' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'theatre' is 't'.
'tile' back-to-front is 'elit'.
'elit'+'is'+'t'='ELITIST'

(Other definitions for elitist that I've seen before include "Narrowly superior" , "One without the common touch" , "One who believes that certain people are superior" , "Believer in the superiority of a few" , "Favouring exclusivity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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