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"The fellow in the white hat", I put in, "is the boss" (5)

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I believe the answer is:

chief

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'the boss' is the definition.
('chief' can be a synonym of 'boss')

'the fellow in the white hat i put in' is the wordplay.
'the fellow in the white hat' becomes 'chef' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'put in' indicates putting letters inside.
'chef' enclosing 'i' is 'CHIEF'.

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for chief that I've seen before include "Head of a native American tribe" , "Person in charge, head" , "Tribal head" , "Organisation head" , "Ordinary type" .)

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