Society magazine ridicules top dealer (6)

I believe the answer is:

seller

'dealer' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'society magazine ridicules top' is the wordplay.
'society' becomes 's' (common abbreviation in names of organisations).
'magazine' becomes 'elle' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'top' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'ridicules' is 'r'.
's'+'elle'+'r'='SELLER'

(Other definitions for seller that I've seen before include "Trader" , "One who disposes of" , "Resell to vendor" , "Person making sale" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).

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