The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word SCHOLASTIC
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More clues leading to the result SCHOLASTIC
- Learned saint gripped by colic has collapsed
- Pedant and stoic clash explosively
- Pedant and stoic clash explosively
- Pedant thus restricts small children – only one left in charge
- Pedagogue thus restricts little children, only one left in charge
- Pedant and stoic clash violently
- Second Catholic’s disposed to be concerned with education
- Bookish companion in sun with wine and bit of cheese
- Academic Catholics regathered round front of seminary
- Señorita Castro leads “Intro to Spanish”, having picked up post of her career
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The straight part
We know that "Pedant" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pedant = scholastic.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SCHOLASTIC mean?
SCHOLASTIC noun- A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.
- Of or relating to school; academic
- Of or relating to the philosophical tradition of scholasticism
- Characterized by excessive subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.