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Amazing biro, say, pocketed by academic without one (10)

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I believe the answer is:

stupendous

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'amazing' is the definition.
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'biro say pocketed by academic without one' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'biro say' could be 'pen' (biro is a kind of pen) and 'pen' is present in the answer.
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(Other definitions for stupendous that I've seen before include "Astounding" , "Phenomenal" , "Astoundingly huge" , "Extremely impressive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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