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One who’s uncomfortable, absentee from school perhaps (1,4,3,2,5)

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I believe the answer is:

a fish out of water

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'one who's uncomfortable absentee' is the definition.
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'from school perhaps' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'from' could be 'of' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'of' is found in the answer.
'school' could be 'fish' and 'fish' is located in the answer.
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(Other definitions for a fish out of water that I've seen before include "one feeling out of place" , "one unsuited to situation" , "Catch" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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