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Over time, female learned differently (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

otherwise

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'differently' is the definition.
(I know that differently can be written as otherwise)

'over time female learned' is the wordplay.
'over time' becomes 'ot' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'female' becomes 'her' (I've seen this in another clue).
'learned' becomes 'wise' (I've seen this before).
'ot'+'her'+'wise'='OTHERWISE'

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(Other definitions for otherwise that I've seen before include "Differently - or else!" , "White rose (anag.)" , "Alternatively" , "Under different conditions" , "Apart from that" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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