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Rogue about to pass coursework? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

caddying

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

'rogue about to pass' is the wordplay.
'rogue' becomes 'cad' (I've seen this before).
'about' becomes 'dying' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to pass' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'cad'+'dying'='CADDYING'

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(Another definition for caddying that I've seen is " coursework?".)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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