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Go away from academic room in the morning (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scram

'go away' is the definition.
(scramming is a kind of going away)

'academic room in the morning' is the wordplay.
'academic room' becomes 'scr' (senior common room at a university).
'in the morning' becomes 'am' ().
'scr'+'am'='SCRAM'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for scram that I've seen before include "Make oneself scarce" , "Vamoose" , "Leave hurriedly" , "Clear off!" , "beat hasty retreat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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