One studying larch so haphazardly (7)

I believe the answer is:

scholar

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'one studying' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'larch so haphazardly' is the wordplay.
'haphazardly' is an anagram indicator.
'larch'+'so'='larchso'
'larchso' is an anagram of 'SCHOLAR'.

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(Other definitions for scholar that I've seen before include "Pupil - erudite person" , "Subject of poem by 1 across" , "Person of learning" , "Academic; pupil" , "Academic, schoolboy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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