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Blockhead gets plenty of bad marks (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blots

'bad marks' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'blockhead gets plenty' is the wordplay.
'blockhead' becomes 'b' (head letter of 'block').
'gets' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'plenty' becomes 'lots' (lots of something).
'b'+'lots'='BLOTS'

'of' is the link.

(Another definition for blots that I've seen is " Stains, perhaps on copybook".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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