Doctor used entries for scholarship (11)
I believe the answer is:
eruditeness
'scholarship' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'doctor used entries' is the wordplay.
'doctor' indicates anagramming the letters.
'used'+'entries'='usedentries'
'usedentries' with letters rearranged gives 'ERUDITENESS'.
'for' acts as a link.
I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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