How do I solve 31 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31245?

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31 across reads "Part of semester, maybe" (4 letters); the answer is TERM. It's a hidden-word clue: the answer is spelled out by consecutive letters in the clue itself, often crossing a word boundary. Indicators like 'in', 'some', or 'part of' signal that you're looking at a substring. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

Part of semester, maybe (4)

31A — Part of semester, maybe (4) — TERM