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Fire in study -- get tired helping (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

conflagration

'fire' is the definition.
(conflagration is a kind of fire)

'study get tired helping' is the wordplay.
'study' becomes 'con' (I've seen this before).
'get tired' becomes 'flag'.
'helping' becomes 'ration' (I've seen this before).
'con'+'flag'+'ration'='CONFLAGRATION'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for conflagration that I've seen before include "Large destructive fire" , "Burning" , "Inferno" , "terrible blaze" , "result of arson" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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