Remove traces of educated old boy getting prominence (10)
I believe the answer is:
obliterate
'remove' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'traces of educated old boy getting prominence' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found within the answer.
'educated' could be 'literate' (associated in meaning) and 'literate' is located in the answer.
'boy' could be 'b' (abbreviation used in schools) and 'b' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for obliterate that I've seen before include "Eradicate" , "Efface, blot out" , "Eliminate" , "Utterly destroy" , "Destroy all traces" .)