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School said to be taken in (5)

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I believe the answer is:

eaten

'be taken in' is the definition.
(take in can mean to eat)

'school said' is the wordplay.
'school' becomes 'eton' (famous UK public school).
'said' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'eton' sounds like 'EATEN'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for eaten that I've seen before include "Scoffed" , "Swallowed" , "corroded" , "Crammed" , "used for food" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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