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Studious type has breakdown; it may help to outline future (4,8)

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I believe the answer is:

swot analysis

'it may help to outline future' is the definition.
(SWOT analysis is used for planning for the future)

'studious type has breakdown' is the wordplay.
'studious type' becomes 'swot' (I've seen this before).
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'breakdown' becomes 'analysis' (I've seen this before).
'swot'+'analysis'='SWOT ANALYSIS'

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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