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Hardly any hypocrisy after schools start (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scant

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'hardly any' is the definition.
(scant means barely any or very little)

'hypocrisy after schools start' is the wordplay.
'hypocrisy' becomes 'cant' (I've seen this in another clue).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'schools start' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cant' put after 's' is 'SCANT'.

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(Other definitions for scant that I've seen before include "Insufficient, limited" , "Cursory" , "Bare" , "Barely sufficient" , "Little" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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