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Academic (7)

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<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">academic</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for scholar that I've seen before include "Student or learned person" , "Pupil - erudite person" , "Academic, schoolboy" , "Person of learning" , "Man of letters" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Evening Standard and The Wall Street Journal.
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