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Bravo in resolving rookie excess where pupils present work (8,5)

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I believe the answer is:

exercise books

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'pupils present work' is the definition.
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'bravo in resolving rookie excess' is the wordplay.
'bravo' becomes 'b' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'resolving' indicates an anagram.
'rookie'+'excess'='rookieexcess'
'rookieexcess' anagrammed gives 'exerciseooks'.
'b' inserted into 'exerciseooks' is 'EXERCISE BOOKS'.

'where' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for exercise books that I've seen is " Items used by pupils for notes, homework etc".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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