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Hawking maybe succeeded, since tit's injured (9)

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I believe the answer is:

scientist

'hawking maybe' is the definition.
(Stephen Hawking is an example)

'succeeded since tit's injured' is the wordplay.
'succeeded' becomes 's' (genealogical abbreviation).
'injured' indicates anagramming the letters.
'since'+'tit'='sincetit'
'sincetit' is an anagram of 'cientist'.
's'+'cientist'='SCIENTIST'

(Other definitions for scientist that I've seen before include "`Tis nicest kind of specialist" , "Researcher - boffin" , "It's insect, strangely, this learned person knows about" , "Chemist or physicist, for instance" , "One studying nature or physics, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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