Superior men preen; it's revolting (3-7)
I believe the answer is:
pre-eminent
'superior' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'men preen it's revolting' is the wordplay.
'revolting' indicates an anagram.
'men'+'preen'+'it'='menpreenit'
'menpreenit' anagrammed gives 'PRE-EMINENT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for pre-eminent that I've seen is " Surpassing all others".)
I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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