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Turn tail as troubled student of life (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

naturalist

'student of life' is the definition.

'turn tail as troubled' is the wordplay.
'troubled' indicates anagramming the letters.
'turn'+'tail'+'as'='turntailas'
'turntailas' anagrammed gives 'NATURALIST'.

(Other definitions for naturalist that I've seen before include "Darwin?" , "Zoologist" , "one's studying in the wild" , "Zoology expert possibly" , "One who studies animals and plants" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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