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One studying carefully about to call for dish (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

porringer

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'for dish' is the definition.
(porringer is a kind of dish)

'one studying carefully about to call' is the wordplay.
'one studying carefully' becomes 'porer' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'to call' becomes 'ring' (telephone call).
'porer' enclosing 'ring' is 'PORRINGER'.

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(Other definitions for porringer that I've seen before include "Small dish" , "soup-bowl" , "Soup bowl with handle" .)

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