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Season starting late, November, for US student (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

intern

'us student' is the definition.
(US term for a trainee or student)

'season starting late november' is the wordplay.
'season' becomes 'winter' (winter is a season).
'starting late' means to remove the first letter (the word begins later than normal).
'november' becomes 'N' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'winter' with its initial letter taken away is 'inter'.
'inter'+'n'='INTERN'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for intern that I've seen before include "to keep under lock and key" , "put in jail" , "Confine as a prisoner" , "Work experience trainee" , "Shut up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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