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Turned up collar, punching a teacher in scrap (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abandon

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

'turned up collar punching a teacher' is the wordplay.
'turned up' is a reversal indicator.
'collar' becomes 'nab' (both can mean to catch a person).
'punching' indicates putting letters inside (I've seen this in other clues).
'teacher' becomes 'don' (don is a kind of teacher).
'nab' backwards is 'ban'.
'a'+'don'='adon'
'ban' going inside 'adon' is 'ABANDON'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for abandon that I've seen before include "Kick" , "Czech city" , "Wantonness: desert" , "Walk out on" , "Forsake, leave behind" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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