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Supreme pizza base on student's plate could take year (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

almighty

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

'pizza base on student's plate could take year' is the wordplay.
'base' suggests the final letters (the base of the word).
'on student's plate' becomes 'l' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'could' becomes 'might' (synonyms).
'take' says to put letters next to each other.
'year' becomes 'y'.
The final letter of 'pizza' is 'a'.
'a'+'l'+'might'+'y'='ALMIGHTY'

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(Other definitions for almighty that I've seen before include "Excessive" , "Supreme" , "Supremely powerful" , "Omnipotent; enormous" , "Huge" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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