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Fool that was improperly taught, initially (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

twit

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'fool' is the definition.
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'that was improperly taught initially' is the wordplay.
'that was' becomes 'tw' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
The first letters of 'improperly taught' is 'it'.
'tw'+'it'='TWIT'

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(Other definitions for twit that I've seen before include "Silly person; tease" , "Twerp" , "Bait - fool" , "Nincompoop" , "Ninny" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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