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Improvement helping to keep class online? (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reformation

'improvement' is the definition.
(reformation can mean reforming or improving)

'helping to keep class online?' is the wordplay.
'helping' becomes 'ration' (a ration is a serving or helping).
'to keep' is an insertion indicator.
'class online?' becomes 'eform' (form can mean a school class, e can mean online).
'ration' going around 'eform' is 'REFORMATION'.

(Other definitions for reformation that I've seen before include "Amendment, improvement" , "when we left Rome" , "religious revolution" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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