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Working in place of Dean teaching others a lesson (8)

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I believe the answer is:

tutoring

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'lesson' is the definition.
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'working in place of dean teaching others a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'in' is within the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
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(Other definitions for tutoring that I've seen before include "Instructing, teaching" , "Giving individual instruction" , "Private instruction" , "class action" , "Giving private teaching to" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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