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Religious teacher with degree needing his hair restyled (9)

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I believe the answer is:

maharishi

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

'degree needing his hair restyled' is the wordplay.
'degree' becomes 'ma' (Master of Arts is a type of degree).
'needing' says to put letters next to each other.
'restyled' indicates an anagram.
'his'+'hair'='hishair'
'hishair' is an anagram of 'harishi'.
'ma'+'harishi'='MAHARISHI'

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for maharishi that I've seen before include "Religious teacher" , "Religious leader" , "Spiritual teacher" , "Hindu instructor" , "leading teacher" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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