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Rule reversed by prince backing one with supervisory role (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wallah

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'one with supervisory role' is the definition.

'rule reversed by prince backing' is the wordplay.
'rule' becomes 'law' (law is a kind of rule).
'reversed' is a reversal indicator.
'by prince' becomes 'hal' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'by' bit.**).
'backing' says the letters should be written backwards.
'law' reversed gives 'wal'.
'hal' in reverse letter order is 'lah'.
'wal'+'lah'='WALLAH'

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(Other definitions for wallah that I've seen before include "Indian worker" , "top specialist" , "man in particular role" , "Person in charge of (or specialised in) something (from Hindi)" .)

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