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Graduate to loiter and swing the lead (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

malinger

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'and swing the lead' is the definition.
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'graduate to loiter' is the wordplay.
'graduate' becomes 'MA' (abbreviation for Master of Arts).
'to loiter' becomes 'linger' ('linger' can be a synonym of 'loiter').
'ma'+'linger'='MALINGER'

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(Other definitions for malinger that I've seen before include "Pretend to be ill to avoid work" , "skive off school, maybe" , "Slack in germinal fashion" , "Loaf or procrastinate" , "Pretend to be sick" .)

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