Clue: Status-seeking sort ... or a solver of this puzzle, initially?

Answer: NAMEDROPPER

Length: 11

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Similar Clues:

• Second letters of this puzzle's five theme answers (seen in order) (AEIOU with 5 letters)
• Curious, action-oriented sort, supposedly (ARIES with 5 letters)
• Occasional puzzle solver's action (ERASURE with 7 letters)
• Money from a shark scattered in order in seven of this puzzle's answers (LOAN with 4 letters)
• Geeky sort found within this puzzle's four longest answers (NERD with 4 letters)
• Sorted alphabetically (like this puzzle's clues) (ABECEDARIAN with 11 letters)
• Store for athletes seeking protection? (And, onsides, what each of this puzzle's starred entries refers to) (CUPWORLD with 8 letters)
• Proper sort ... or a cry upon solving each of this puzzle's theme answers? (GOODYTWOSHOES with 13 letters)
• Post office activity, or a hint to this puzzle's theme (LETTERSORTING with 13 letters)
• Start of a brainteaser whose answer appears in order, from top to bottom, in this puzzle's circled squares (NAMETHEONE with 10 letters)