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Fool to exercise at school? (4)

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I believe the answer is:

dope

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'fool' is the definition.
(both can mean a stupid person)

'exercise at school?' is the wordplay.
'exercise' becomes 'do' (synonyms).
'at school?' becomes 'pe' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'do'+'pe'='DOPE'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for dope that I've seen before include "Illegal drugs; fool" , "grass, perhaps" , "Information, fool" , "Informal drug or stupid person" , "Drug - information" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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