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Learned European’s not educated about sex (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

erudite

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'learned' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'european's not educated about sex' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'not educated' becomes 'rude' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'sex' becomes 'it' (a common euphemism).
'rude' enclosing 'it' is 'rudite'.
'e'+'rudite'='ERUDITE'

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(Other definitions for erudite that I've seen before include "Having deep knowledge" , "Showing profound knowledge" , "Rue diet for the learned" , "Learned, well educated" , "Possessing great learning" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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