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Mock student with no qualification? Quite the opposite! (9)

Ross

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imitation

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(Other definitions for imitation that I've seen before include "take-off" , "Forgery" , "Unoriginal" , "Simulated" , "Counterfeit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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