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Beatnik recalled poo lining old river (4-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drop-out

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'beatnik recalled poo lining old river' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'beatnik recalled poo' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'poo' is 'opo' which is within the answer.
The remaining letters 'drut' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for drop-out that I've seen before include "Unsuccessful student" , "start at Rugby" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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