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That well-read old Rugby boy (3,5)

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I believe the answer is:

tom brown

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'that well-read old rugby' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'boy' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'boy' could be 'tom' and 'tom' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'brown' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Another definition for tom brown that I've seen is " schoolboy".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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