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Platform for a couple of fellows in lecture (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scaffold

'platform' is the definition.
(scaffold is a kind of platform)

'a couple of fellows in lecture' is the wordplay.
'couple of' indicates the doubling of some letters.
'fellows' becomes 'f' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'lecture' becomes 'scold'.
'f' doubled is 'ff'.
'a'+'ff'='aff'
'aff' inserted within 'scold' is 'SCAFFOLD'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for scaffold that I've seen before include "sort of capital punishment!" , "1960s group?" , "Temporary framework" , "Framework formerly for executions" , "where many died" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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