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Quarrel - one with a student of space (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spatial

'space' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'quarrel one with a student' is the wordplay.
'quarrel' becomes 'spat' (spatting is a kind of quarrelling**).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'student' becomes 'l'.
'spat'+'i'+'a'+'l'='SPATIAL'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for spatial that I've seen before include "describing area?" , "Relating to space" , "A spital (anag)" , "Of arrangements in three dimensions" , "Relating to area" .)

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