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Fool leaves class in thought, probably having done a lot of working out (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

muscled

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'probably having done a lot of working out' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'fool leaves class in thought' is the wordplay.
'fool leaves class' becomes 'cl' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'thought' becomes 'mused' (musing is a kind of thinking).
'cl' put within 'mused' is 'MUSCLED'.

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(Another definition for muscled that I've seen is " brawn?".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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