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Take courses in shelter? That’s most clever (7)

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I believe the answer is:

neatest

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'most clever' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'take courses in shelter?' is the wordplay.
'take courses' becomes 'ate' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'shelter?' becomes 'nest' (I've seen this in another clue).
'ate' placed into 'nest' is 'NEATEST'.

'that's' is the link.

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(Other definitions for neatest that I've seen before include "Seat ten (anag)" , "best-looking desk, say?" , "Most tidy" , "Most smart" , "Most orderly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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