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It's a fair amount of time for those expecting break from school (8)

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'those expecting break from school' is the definition.
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'it's a fair amount of time' is the wordplay.
'it's a fair amount of' becomes 'half' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'time' becomes 'term' (I've seen this in other clues).
'half'+'term'='HALFTERM'

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(Other definitions for half term that I've seen before include "Short school break" , "Break during division of school year" , "Short school vacation" , "Short holiday during school semester" , "twenty-weeks pregnant?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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