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School to ridicule protective garment (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

smock

'protective garment' is the definition.
(smock is a kind of protective garment)

'school to ridicule' is the wordplay.
'school' becomes 'S'.
'to ridicule' becomes 'mock' (I've seen this before).
's'+'mock'='SMOCK'

(Other definitions for smock that I've seen before include "Loose outer garment" , "Artist's, peasant's, overall" , "Loose dress or blouse" , "Loose overall or dress" , "Artist's loose overall" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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