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A pundit who's taught many a lesson (7)

Ross

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scholar

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'a pundit' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for scholar that I've seen before include "Subject of poem by 1 across" , "university type?" , "Man of letters" , "Distinguished academic" , "Academic, schoolboy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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