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Light-hearted student newspaper? (3)

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I believe the answer is:

rag

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'newspaper?' is the definition.
(informal term for a newspaper)

'light-hearted student' is the wordplay.
'light' becomes 'arc' (arc light is a kind of light).
'hearted' means to look at the middle letters.
'student' becomes 'ag' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The centre of 'arc' is 'r'.
'r'+'ag'='RAG'

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(Other definitions for rag that I've seen before include "students' excuse to misbehave?" , "Torn cloth or despised newspaper" , "Waste piece of cloth" , "Piece of cloth and student fun" , "Student carnival for charity" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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