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The aristocracy are regularly well-birthed (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elite

'the aristocracy' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'regularly well-birthed' is the wordplay.
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'well'+'birthed'='wellbirthed'
The alternating letters of 'wellbirthed' are 'ELITE'.

'are' is the link.

(Other definitions for elite that I've seen before include "Selected as the best" , "A particular typesize" , "type in pool?" , "Letter size; superior group" , "Creme de la creme" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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