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Mechanical memory (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rote

(Other definitions for rote that I've seen before include "Repetition of something to be learned" , "By . . . . means by memory - that tore it" , "Way of learning" , "Habitual routine" , "By . . . . - by memory without thinking" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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