The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 plus 6 letter word REFRESHER COURSE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result REFRESHER COURSE
- Varied resources here to cover French study update
- Source of help welcoming student for further education?
- On which lawyers are updated about extra fees?
- New student in resort finds means of getting up to date
- Help student’s received, perhaps
- Further instruction in drinking?
- Engineers more recent track studies
- Engineers need more recent track studies
- Option gone into by new student?
- Additional study, source of help that inspires young college student
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "means of getting up to date" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case means of getting up to date = refresher course.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.