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One who gives out marks missing in term-time mix-up (7)

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I believe the answer is:

emitter

'one who gives out' is the definition.
(someone or something who emits)

'marks missing in term-time mix-up' is the wordplay.
'marks' becomes 'm' (former German currency).
'missing in' suggests deleting specific letters.
'mix-up' indicates anagramming the letters.
'term'+'time'='termtime'
'termtime' with 'm' removed is 'tertime'.
'tertime' with letters rearranged gives 'EMITTER'.

(Other definitions for emitter that I've seen before include "Something giving out (eg, a radio signal)" , "Region in a transistor" , "One part of a transistor" , "electronic component" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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