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Absentee (6)

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I believe the answer is:

truant

'absentee' is the definition.
(truant is a kind of absentee)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for truant that I've seen before include "Child bunking off school" , "One is absent from school without permission" , "Wandering" , "One playing hooky" , "Inexcusably absent" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard and The Times.
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