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Novice to eat endless dirt (4)

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I believe the answer is:

tiro

'novice' is the definition.
('tiro' can be a synonym of 'novice')

'to eat endless dirt' is the wordplay.
'eat' indicates putting letters inside.
'endless' says to take the centre.
The middle of 'dirt' is 'ir'.
'to' enclosing 'ir' is 'TIRO'.

(Another definition for tiro that I've seen is " Novice".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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