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Found fault with student in the morning apparently asleep (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blamed

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'found fault' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'with student in the morning apparently asleep' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'student' becomes 'L' (as in L-plates for learner drivers).
'in the morning' becomes 'am' (AM on a clock).
'apparently asleep' becomes 'bed' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'l'+'am'='lam'
'lam' placed into 'bed' is 'BLAMED'.

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(Other definitions for blamed that I've seen before include "Condemned" , "Bedlam (anag)" , "Attribute responsibility to" , "Assigned responsibility for fault to (someone)" , "Held responsible for bedlam" .)

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