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Fight outstanding learner (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

duel

'fight' is the definition.
(I know that duel is a type of fight)

'outstanding learner' is the wordplay.
'outstanding' becomes 'due' (an outstanding debt is due).
'learner' becomes 'l' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car).
'due'+'l'='DUEL'

(Other definitions for duel that I've seen before include "Potentially fatal fight between two people" , "Contest between two with deadly weapons" , "Fight between two people over an affair of honour" , "Combat between two people in matter of honour" , "Arranged fight" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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