### Clue: Study leads to academics rebutting arguments separately within 24-hour period (8)
### Answer: SATURDAY 
 ### Explanation: Definition: 24-hour period
**STUDY** with [*leads to*] **A**(cademics) **R**(ebutting) **A**(rguments) [*separately within*] gives us** S(A)TU(R)D(A)Y