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Sets up English school investing in island area where pilots can work unheeded

Ross

I believe the answer is:

airspace

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'sets up english school investing in' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'island area where pilots can work unheeded' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'island' could be 'i' and 'i' is present in the answer.
'area' could be 'space' (space is a kind of area) and 'space' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ar' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for airspace that I've seen before include "Atmosphere over (area of) earth" , "Here planes fly" , "What pilot goes through" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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