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Not by a different study (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

botany

'study' is the definition.
(botany is a kind of study)

'not by a different' is the wordplay.
'different' is an anagram indicator (letters placed in a different order).
'not'+'by'+'a'='notbya'
'notbya' anagrammed gives 'BOTANY'.

(Other definitions for botany that I've seen before include "Plant study" , "Unlucky, doomed" , "type of wool" , "the name of a bay" , "plants growing in one area" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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