The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word INTERN
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result INTERN
- Lazy time brought forward by new hospital doctor
- Detain the latest flyer
- Place with abbey having no time to start with for novice
- Trainee giving nitrogen to plant
- Rent out cracking home for novice worker
- Successively caught and put away
- Junior doctor for Bury and Wigan at last
- One after another reported trainee
- Successively picked up one learning the ropes
- Trainee painter needs covers
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The straight part
We know that "one learning the ropes" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one learning the ropes = intern.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does INTERN mean?
INTERN noun- A person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily.
- To imprison somebody, usually without trial.
- To internalize.
- Internal.
- A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field
- A medical student or recent graduate working in a hospital as a final part of medical training
- To work as an intern. Usually with little or no pay or other legal prerogatives of employment, for the purpose of furthering a program of education.