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False part of folio omitted from professor's academic writing (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prosthesis

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

'professor's academic writing' is the wordplay.
'professor's academic' becomes 'pros' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'writing' becomes 'thesis' (thesis is a kind of writing).
'pros'+'thesis'='PROSTHESIS'

'of folio omitted from' is the link.
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(Other definitions for prosthesis that I've seen before include "False part" , "Part replacement" , "This may supply missing part" , "artificial substitute" , "what can help a handicapped person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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