Judge's case before raising tax for A-listers? (3,3)
I believe the answer is:
jet set
'a-listers?' is the definition.
(both can mean rich or important people)
'judge's case before raising tax' is the wordplay.
'case' means to remove the middle letters.
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'raising' says the letters should be written backwards (in a down clue, letters go up).
'tax' becomes 'test' (taxing can mean testing or demanding).
'judge' with its centre taken out is 'je'.
'test' in reverse letter order is 'tset'.
'je'+'tset'='JET SET'
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for jet set that I've seen before include "People who fly for pleasure" , "Wealthy frequent travellers" , "Rich, fashionable people who travel widely for pleasure" , "Rich people who fly about a lot" , "Wealthy fliers" .)