News just come through on the pupil taking an exam (6)
I believe the answer is:
latest
'news' is the definition.
(the latest means the latest news)
'pupil taking an exam' is the wordplay.
'pupil' becomes 'L' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car).
'taking' says to put letters next to each other.
'an' becomes 'a'.
'exam' becomes 'test' (synonyms).
'l'+'a'+'test'='LATEST'
'just come through on the' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for latest that I've seen before include "Most recent or most tardy" , "Most recent (news)" , "Most recent or tardiest" , "News update" , "Brand new, just out" .)