The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 2 plus 4 letter word PUT ON AIRS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result PUT ON AIRS
- Puritan so wrong to pretend to be superior
- What a pretentious Radio 3 presenter would do?
- Couples taking on board superior fashion act pretentiously
- Crazy Rasputin, hanging around Nicholas’s inner circle to act superior
- Maybe ‘ave a graft on top to try and be posh?
- What pretentious DJ might do?
- Couples, gathering round posh people of fashion, pretend to be superior
- Apply final touches after broadcast to pretend to be better
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The straight part
We know that "pretend to be superior" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pretend to be superior = put on airs.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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