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One's near where academics may relax with, say, glasses raised (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scrooge

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'one's near where academics' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'relax with say glasses raised' is the wordplay.
'relax with' becomes 'scr' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'say' becomes 'eg' (both can mean 'for example').
'glasses' becomes 'OO' (OO looks like spectacles).
'raised' is a reversal indicator (going up in a down clue).
'eg'+'oo'='egoo'
'egoo' reversed gives 'ooge'.
'scr'+'ooge'='SCROOGE'

'may' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for scrooge that I've seen before include "Miser in Christmas tale" , "meanie" , "See 25 Across" , "Ebenezer ......., miser created by Dickens" , "seasonal miser" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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