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A large hall for study and lessons (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

concourse

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'a large hall' is the definition.
'concourse' can be an answer for 'hall' (concourse is a kind of hall). I am not certain of the 'a large' bit.

'study and lessons' is the wordplay.
'study' becomes 'con' (conning is a kind of studying).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'lessons' becomes 'course' (a course has lessons).
'con'+'course'='CONCOURSE'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for concourse that I've seen before include "Open area in or outside a public building" , "A gathering of people" , "Large area in, eg, railway station" , "Large public area" , "spacious area?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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