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Sophisticated, so it's said, after spells here, perhaps? (5,6)

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I believe the answer is:

charm school

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'sophisticated so it's said after spells here perhaps?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'spells here perhaps?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'spells' could be 'charms' (I've seen this before) and 'charms' is located in the answer.
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(Another definition for charm school that I've seen is " female establishment".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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