Area amidst Northern university accommodation provoking illness (10)
I believe the answer is:
nauseating
'area amidst northern university accommodation provoking illness' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'area amidst northern university accommodation' is the wordplay.
'area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
'amidst' means one lot of letters goes inside another (amidst can mean between or within).
'northern' becomes 'n' (abbreviation e.g. N. Ireland).
'university' becomes 'U' (abbreviation for university).
'accommodation' becomes 'seating' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'n'+'u'='nu'
'a' put inside 'nu' is 'nau'.
'nau'+'seating'='NAUSEATING'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nauseating that I've seen before include "Stomach-turning" , "Revolting" , "arousing unpleasant feeling" , "Loathsome" , "being hard to keep down" .)