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The old students shout (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yell

'shout' is the definition.
(I know that shout can be written as yell)

'the old students' is the wordplay.
'the old' becomes 'ye' (resembles a historical spelling of 'the').
'students' becomes 'LL' (two abbreviations for learner).
'ye'+'ll'='YELL'

(Other definitions for yell that I've seen before include "Loud sharp cry" , "Loud cry; rhymes with collapsed" , "Shetland isle" , "Utter a sudden loud cry" , "Clement --, politician" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express and The Telegraph.
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