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Checking out exam (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leaving

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This might be a double definition.

'checking' is the first definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being present participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'out exam' is the second definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

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(Other definitions for leaving that I've seen before include "Departing" , "Abandoning" , "Going away" , "Bequeathing (in will)" , "Departure" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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