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Students turn up with beer (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pupils

'students' is the definition.
('pupil' can be a synonym of 'student')

'turn up with beer' is the wordplay.
'turn' is a reversal indicator.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'beer' becomes 'pils'.
'up' written backwards gives 'pu'.
'pu'+'pils'='PUPILS'

(Other definitions for pupils that I've seen before include "The charges" , "Schoolkids" , "Students' eye parts" , "Schoolchildren" , "Scholastics in the eye" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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