Cryptic crossword clue
Old teacher’s concession welcome, by the way 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SOPHIST

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The straight part
We know that "Old teacher" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case old teacher = sophist.
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What does SOPHIST mean?

SOPHIST noun
  1. One of a class of teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece.
  2. A teacher who used plausible but fallacious reasoning.
  3. (by extension) One who is captious, fallacious, or deceptive in argument.
SOPHIST noun
  1. A sophist.
  2. (universities) A student who is advanced beyond the first year of their residence.

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