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Seeker after high position not dropping her aitches? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aspirant

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'seeker' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'high position not dropping her aitches?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'not' could be 'nt' (synonyms) and 'nt' is located in the answer.
'her' could be 'ira' and 'ira' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'asp' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'after' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for aspirant that I've seen before include "His desire could make him" , "One works hard to get to a higher position" , "One hoping to succeed" , "Seeker after success" , "Partisan may be person with high ambition" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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