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Daft as one student into Stallone (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

silly

'daft' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'one student into stallone' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'student' becomes 'l' (as in L-plates for learner drivers).
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'stallone' becomes 'sly' (nickname for Sylvester Stallone).
'i'+'l'='il'
'il' put inside 'sly' is 'SILLY'.

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for silly that I've seen before include "Idiotic" , "near the batsman" , "Preposterous" , "Daft" , "Stupid" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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