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Once more put column up to block second test? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

redeposit

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'once more put' is the definition.
('deposit' is an answer for 'put' so perhaps 'redeposit' is OK for 'once more put')

'column up to block second test?' is the wordplay.
'column' becomes 'oped' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'up' is a reversal indicator (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'to block' means one lot of letters goes inside another (block can mean to plug a gap).
'second test?' becomes 'resit' (sitting an exam for a second time).
'oped' back-to-front is 'depo'.
'depo' inserted into 'resit' is 'REDEPOSIT'.

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(Another definition for redeposit that I've seen is " Dire poets (anag) - put down again".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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