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Collar last pupil misbehaving in second class, putting mark against name (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

roll call

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'mark against name' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'collar last pupil misbehaving in second class' is the wordplay.
'last' indicates one should take the final letters.
'misbehaving' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in second class' becomes 'l' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The final letter of 'pupil' is 'l'.
'collar'+'l'='collarl'
'collarl' with letters rearranged gives 'rollcal'.
'rollcal'+'l'='ROLL-CALL'

'putting' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for roll call that I've seen before include "Name check to see who's present" , "Register presence" , "Means of establishing who is present" , "Means of checking attendance" , "Calling out of list of names" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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