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Proposition those people to accept output of quarry (7)

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theorem

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'proposition' is the definition.
(theorem is a kind of proposition)

'those people to accept output of quarry' is the wordplay.
'those people' becomes 'them' ('they' refers to a group of people).
'to accept' indicates putting letters inside.
'output of quarry' becomes 'ore' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'them' placed around 'ore' is 'THEOREM'.

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(Other definitions for theorem that I've seen before include "Mathematical statement to be proved" , "this has been established" , "Proof" , "Logical proposition" , "Proven hypothesis" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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