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Study time of damage (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dent

'damage' is the definition.
(dent is a kind of damage)

'study time' is the wordplay.
'study' becomes 'den' (term for a study or office).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'den'+'t'='DENT'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for dent that I've seen before include "TV lexicographer?" , "northern banker" , "Tend (anag.)" , "'Dinge, depression (4)'" , "Hollow caused by a blow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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