The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word OXFORD
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result OXFORD
- City offering what’s collected in box for down-and-outs
- Eight nil: football team, one short, cross
- Old cross hides another one that’s worn
- Contents of box for designer footwear
- Held by cox for directing crew
- Kind of blue shoe
- See 29
- Cross on account of splitting extremely old shoe
- Nothing wrong with car that’s kind of blue
- Backed party about vote favouring university
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The straight part
We know that "university" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case university = oxford.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does OXFORD mean?
OXFORD noun- A variety of shoe, typically made of heavy leather.
- (by ellipsis) An Oxford Dictionary.