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Negative
reactions
from
pedant
and
his
sort,
primarily
(4)
Negative reactions from pedant and his sort, primarily (4)
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The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
Right, so negative reactions is the definition — think of someone scoffing "pah!", and PAHS is just that dismissive noise made plural. For the wordplay, "primarily" tells you to take first letters, so "pedant and his sort" gives you P, A, H, S.