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Symbol or a Greek letter that’s second to last? I don’t know (9)

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I believe the answer is:

ignoramus

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'last? i don't know' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'symbol or a greek letter that's second' is the wordplay.
'symbol' becomes 'ign' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'greek letter' becomes 'mu' (letter from the Greek alphabet).
'that's second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'ign'+'or'+'a'+'mu'+'s'='IGNORAMUS'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for ignoramus that I've seen before include "unwitting person" , "One who knows nothing" , "I wouldn't know" , "One is not intelligent" , "A know-nothing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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