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Shakespearean king with Aussie academic (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

learned

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'academic' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'shakespearean king with aussie' is the wordplay.
'shakespearean king' becomes 'Lear' (King Lear).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'aussie' becomes 'ned' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'lear'+'ned'='LEARNED'

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(Other definitions for learned that I've seen before include "Highly educated" , "Gained understanding" , "Erudite, knowledgeable" , "Well educated and knowledgeable" , "Was taught" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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