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Small champion loves large swimming group (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

school

'swimming group' is the definition.
(group of fish)

'small champion loves large' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'champion' becomes 'ch' (I've seen this in other clues).
'loves' becomes 'oo' (love means 0 in tennis).
'large' becomes 'L' (eg in clothes sizes).
's'+'ch'+'oo'+'l'='SCHOOL'

(Other definitions for school that I've seen before include "Train - a group of fish" , "Train (of thought?)" , "these like-minded people could follow" , "some bass?" , "classes?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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