Scholar losing heart gets evidence of past injury (4)
I believe the answer is:
scar
'evidence of past injury' is the definition.
'scar' can be an answer for 'injury' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'evidence of past' bit.
'scholar losing heart' is the wordplay.
'losing heart' suggests removing the centre.
'scholar' with its middle taken out is 'SCAR'.
'gets' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scar that I've seen before include "Gordale - - , Yorks" , "Disfigure(ment)" , "Sign of old injury" , "Mark from a wound left on the skin" , "Mark left by healed wound" .)