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Standard document variously biased towards graduate (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pro forma

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'standard document' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'variously biased towards graduate' is the wordplay.
'variously' becomes 'pro' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'biased towards' becomes 'for' (being for something).
'graduate' becomes 'MA' (abbreviation for Master of Arts).
'pro'+'for'+'ma'='PRO-FORMA'

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(Other definitions for pro forma that I've seen before include "Invoice" , "in a prescribed manner" , "In a set manner, a formality only" , "Document to be filled in" , "as a matter of politeness" .)

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