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Silly idiot ran trams — in this capacity? (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

administrator

'this capacity?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'silly idiot ran trams' is the wordplay.
'silly' indicates an anagram.
'idiot'+'ran'+'trams'='idiotrantrams'
'idiotrantrams' is an anagram of 'ADMINISTRATOR'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for administrator that I've seen before include "Official organiser" , "Business organiser" , "One managing business affairs" , "Executive" , "Runner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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