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In Latin, maybe I learn afresh without hesitation (7)

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I believe the answer is:

numeral

'in latin maybe i' is the definition.
(I is a Roman numeral)

'learn afresh without hesitation' is the wordplay.
'afresh' indicates an anagram.
'without' indicates putting letters inside ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'hesitation' becomes 'um' (um is said in hesitation).
'learn' anagrammed gives 'neral'.
'neral' placed around 'um' is 'NUMERAL'.

(Other definitions for numeral that I've seen before include "Mathematical figure" , "See 22" , "Such as 5, 9, iii, etc" , "Figure denoting a number" , "Symbol for number" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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