To prejudice Smollett, for instance (6)

I believe the answer is:

tobias

'smollett for instance' is the definition.
(poet Tobias Smollett is an example)

'to prejudice' is the wordplay.
'prejudice' becomes 'bias' (biasing is a kind of prejudicing).
'to'+'bias'='TOBIAS'

(Other definitions for tobias that I've seen before include "Biblical man" , "Boy" , "-- Smollett, novelist" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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