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Solvers bagging second in arts degree in a foreign language (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yoruba

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'a foreign language' is the definition.
'Yoruba' can be an answer for 'language' (Yoruba is an example). I'm not certain of the 'a foreign' bit.

'solvers bagging second in arts degree' is the wordplay.
'solvers' becomes 'you' (I've seen this in other clues).
'bagging' means one lot of letters goes inside another (I've seen this in other clues).
'second in arts' becomes 'r' (2nd letter of 'arts').
'degree' becomes 'BA' (Bachelor of Arts).
'you' enclosing 'r' is 'yoru'.
'yoru'+'ba'='YORUBA'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for yoruba that I've seen before include "W African language" , "Language of West Africa" , "People of SW Nigeria" , "Africans" , "West African language" .)

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