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Says entitled fellow going by is doing better than them (10)

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I believe the answer is:

surpassing

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'says entitled fellow' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'going by is doing better than them' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'going' could be 'passing' ('pass' can be a synonym of 'go') and 'passing' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sur' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for surpassing that I've seen is " Being better than".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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