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A prerequisite to study elocution about to be dropped (9)

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I believe the answer is:

condition

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'a prerequisite' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'study elocution about to be dropped' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'study' could be 'con' (I've seen this before) and 'con' is located in the answer.
'about' could be 'on' and 'on' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for condition that I've seen before include "physical fitness" , "Part of an agreement" , "Train" , "rider" , "State of something, in appearance or working order, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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