Those who claim to be teachers? (10)
I believe the answer is:
professors
'teachers?' is the definition.
(I know this)
'those who claim' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'claim' could be 'profess' (professing is a kind of claiming) and 'profess' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ors' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to be' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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