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Wit is bachelor's field, that's about correct! (6,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bright spark

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'wit' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'bachelor's field that's about correct' is the wordplay.
'bachelor's' becomes 'B's' (abbreviation e.g. BA=Bachelor of Arts).
'field' becomes 'park'.
'that's about' is an insertion indicator.
'correct' becomes 'right' (right can mean correct).
'bs'+'park'='bspark'
'bspark' going around 'right' is 'BRIGHT SPARK'.

'is' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bright spark that I've seen before include "ironically, one that's witty" , "one who has many good ideas" , "Lively and clever individual" , "One full of ideas" , "Clever person" .)

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