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Good summer term, perhaps - school taking care of my expression of hesitation (8)

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I believe the answer is:

scorcher

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'good summer term perhaps' is the definition.
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'school taking care of my expression of hesitation' is the wordplay.
'school' becomes 'sch'.
'taking care of' indicates putting letters inside.
'my' becomes 'cor' (I've seen this in other clues).
'expression of hesitation' becomes 'er'.
'sch' enclosing 'cor' is 'scorch'.
'scorch'+'er'='SCORCHER'

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(Other definitions for scorcher that I've seen before include "A boiling hot day" , "something remarkable" , "sweltering day" , "Day of very hot and sunny weather" , "burner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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