Under strain, soundly taught for a scholarly end (6)
I believe the answer is:
tautly
'under strain soundly taught for a scholarly end' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'soundly taught for a scholarly end' is the wordplay.
'soundly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a scholarly end' becomes 'ly' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'taught' is a homophone of 'taut'.
'taut'+'ly'='TAUTLY'
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I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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