The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word CLASSMATE
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More clues leading to the result CLASSMATE
- Winning move by constant girl, one’s school contemporary
- Charlie supported by female assistant, a chum from school
- I’ll yield to fool in character, one sharing lessons
- Quality game’s ending for kid from your lessons?
- Girl with hat upside-down in church is for fellow student
- High-quality end to game — it’s the fellow in form
- Girl sitting on rug in church is someone you’re at school with
- Final check on form for an acquaintance
- Fellow student unfortunately came last, son claimed
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The straight part
We know that "a chum from school" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a chum from school = classmate.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does CLASSMATE mean?
CLASSMATE noun- A student who is in the same class at school.
- (by extension) A member of a different sort of class, such as locomotives etc.