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Heard residential pupils in beds (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

borders

'beds' is the definition.
(flower beds)

'heard residential pupils' is the wordplay.
'heard' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'residential pupils' becomes 'boarders' (boarding school pupils).
'boarders' is a homophone of 'BORDERS'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for borders that I've seen before include "Decorative edges" , "Boundary lines" , "Perimeters" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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