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Leave me alone, teacher foolishly bids tutor (2,3,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

do not disturb

'leave me alone' is the definition.
(instruction to leave someone alone)

'teacher foolishly bids tutor' is the wordplay.
'teacher' becomes 'don' (don is a kind of teacher).
'foolishly' is an anagram indicator.
'bids'+'tutor'='bidstutor'
'bidstutor' is an anagram of 'otdisturb'.
'don'+'otdisturb'='DO NOT DISTURB'

(Other definitions for do not disturb that I've seen before include "Instruction on a hotel bedroom door?" , "Don't clean our hotel room now!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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