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Possibly lets out to a pupil (5)

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tells

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'possibly lets out to a pupil' is the definition.
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'possibly lets out to a pupil' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates an anagram.
'out' is an insertion indicator.
'to a pupil' becomes 'L' (as in L-plates for a learner driver).
'lets' anagrammed gives 'tels'.
'tels' enclosing 'l' is 'TELLS'.

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(Other definitions for tells that I've seen before include "Counts" , "Narrates" , "Informs, recounts" .)

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