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Benign or amusing, some uneducated fool (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ignoramus

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'uneducated fool' is the definition.
'ignoramus' can be an answer for 'fool' (I've seen this in another clue). I am unsure of the 'uneducated' bit.

'benign or amusing some' is the wordplay.
'some' indicates a hidden word.
'IGNORAMUS' is hidden in the letters of 'benign or amusing'.

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(Other definitions for ignoramus that I've seen before include "one in a state of bliss?" , "At the present time" , "I wouldn't know" , "Uninformed sort" , "A know-nothing" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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