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Discovers Fearnley almost naked cycling with son (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

learns

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'discovers' is the definition.
('learn' can be a synonym of 'discover')

'naked cycling with son' is the wordplay.
'naked' indicates the central letters (outside letters removed so centre is unclothed).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'son' becomes 'earns' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The middle letter of 'cycling' is 'l'.
'l'+'earns'='LEARNS'

'fearnley almost' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for learns that I've seen before include "Acquires knowledge as in class" , "Gains knowledge or skills" , "Finds out" , "Discovers" , "Acquires knowledge or skills" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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