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Speaker's educated and stiff (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

taut

'stiff' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'speaker's educated' is the wordplay.
'speaker's' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'educated' becomes 'taught' (similar in meaning).
'taught' is a homophone of 'TAUT'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for taut that I've seen before include "On the slope" , "Tense, stretched tight" , "Pulled or drawn tight" , "Tightly drawn" , "Without slack" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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