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Notional professor? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

academic

I believe this clue is a double definition.

'notional' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)

'professor?' is the second definition.
(professor is a kind of academic)

(Other definitions for academic that I've seen before include "Scholar - of no practical relevance" , "A person studying" , "fellow" , "of educational kind" , "Scholar - of no practical importance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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