Country transport working on connecting universities (7)
I believe the answer is:
vanuatu
'country' is the definition.
(Vanuatu is an example)
'transport working on connecting universities' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'transport' could be 'van' (van is a kind of transport) and 'van' is found within the answer.
'on' could be 'at' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'at' is located in the answer.
'universities' could be 'uu' (two abbreviations for university) and 'uu' is found in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for vanuatu that I've seen before include "Country of the south-west Pacific" , "South Pacific Ocean nation of 80 islands" , "Southwest Pacific island hit by Cyclone Pam in March" , "Archipelago, formerly known as New Hebrides" , "Pacific island country, formerly New Hebrides" .)