It may be extensively used for notes by students (5-4,4)
I believe the answer is:
loose-leaf book
'students' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'it may be extensively used for notes' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'it' could be 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT') and 'e' is located in the answer.
'notes' could be 'fb' and 'fb' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'by' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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