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Upset teacher bitten by hawk is one likely to take a holiday! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tourist

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'one likely to take a holiday' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'upset teacher bitten by hawk' is the wordplay.
'upset' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'teacher' becomes 'sir' (way of addressing a male teacher).
'bitten by' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'hawk' becomes 'tout' (I've seen this in other clues).
'sir' written backwards gives 'ris'.
'ris' inserted inside 'tout' is 'TOURIST'.

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for tourist that I've seen before include "Someone who travels for pleasure" , "Holiday traveller" , "Visiting sightseer" , "someone on holiday" , "One travels for pleasure" .)

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