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Teacher is taken aback, meeting resistance (3)

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I believe the answer is:

sir

'teacher' is the definition.
(way of addressing a male teacher)

'is taken aback meeting resistance' is the wordplay.
'taken aback' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'meeting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'resistance' becomes 'r' (abbreviation in physics and electronics).
'is' written backwards gives 'si'.
'si'+'r'='SIR'

(Other definitions for sir that I've seen before include "Title given to 10 Across" , "Title of 1 across" , "Formal and deferential address to a man" , "Knight's prefix" , "Formal term of address" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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