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Prudence West is taking Benedictine (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wisdom

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'prudence' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'west is taking benedictine' is the wordplay.
'west' becomes 'W' (abbreviation).
'taking benedictine' becomes 'dom' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'w'+'is'+'dom'='WISDOM'

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(Other definitions for wisdom that I've seen before include "Put forward (an idea)" , "Erudition" , "Learning, knowledge" , "Combination of experience, knowledge and good judgement" , "Common sense" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Guardian.
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