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Speaks proudly as school principal prods crafts (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

boasts

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'speaks proudly' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'school principal prods crafts' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'school' could be 's' and 's' is located in the answer.
'crafts' could be 'boats' (boat is a kind of craft) and 'boats' is found within the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'as' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for boasts that I've seen before include "Blows one's own trumpet" , "crows" , "Brags in praise of oneself" , "Brags, blows" , "Brags, shows off" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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