The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PROF
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result PROF
- Supporting, loudly, college teacher
- Tart female? That’s academic
- One holding chair for piano opposite
- Academic briefly in favour of opening of faculty
- For fellow, this address might be used
- Far right of Trump? In favour of uprising? That’s academic
- Academic briefly omitting one zero in mathematical work
- In favour of female academic
- Fellow with chair for female
- Voting system coming from academic
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The straight part
We know that "Academic briefly" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case academic briefly = prof.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PROF mean?
PROF noun- The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution, informally also known as "full professor." Abbreviated Prof.
- A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.
- One who professes something, such as a religious doctrine.
- A pianist in a saloon, brothel, etc.
- The puppeteer who performs a Punch and Judy show; a Punchman.
- Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.
- Benefit, positive result obtained.
- In property law, a nonpossessory interest in land whereby a party is entitled to enter the land of another for the purpose of taking the soil or the substance of the soil (coal, oil, minerals, and in some jurisdictions timber and game).