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Having more time off for exercise? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lesson

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'for exercise?' is the definition.
(exercise is a kind of lesson)

'having more time off' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'off' could be 'less' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'less' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'on' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for lesson that I've seen before include "A sermon or tutorial" , "A session in school or an example" , "Portion of the scriptures read in church" , "Teaching unit" , "See 1" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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