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Staff concealing a title for man, a strict disciplinarian (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ramrod

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'a strict disciplinarian' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'staff concealing a title for man' is the wordplay.
'staff' becomes 'rod' (both can mean a pole or stick).
'concealing' indicates putting letters inside.
'a title for man' becomes 'amr' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'rod' enclosing 'amr' is 'RAMROD'.

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(Other definitions for ramrod that I've seen before include "Cannoneer's tool" , "Strict disciplinarian" , "Someone stern and inflexible - it was used with a musket" , "one into guns?" , "It's used to push a charge into a firearm" .)

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