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Young child attending a large comprehensive (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

total

'comprehensive' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'young child attending a large' is the wordplay.
'young child' becomes 'tot' (I've seen this before).
'attending' says to put letters next to each other.
'large' becomes 'l'.
'tot'+'a'+'l'='TOTAL'

(Other definitions for total that I've seen before include "Whole, complete" , "outright" , "Come to" , "Final tally" , "Including all" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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