Cryptic crossword clue
Pompous jerk drove up scholars first 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word BOMBASTIC

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What does BOMBASTIC mean?

BOMBASTIC adjective
  1. (of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
  2. High-sounding but with little meaning.
  3. Inflated, overfilled.

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