Left university, with young lady, for foreign land (8)
I believe the answer is:
portugal
'land' is the definition.
(Portugal is an example)
'left university with young lady for foreign' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'left' could be 'port' (left side of a ship - opposite of starboard) and 'port' is found within the answer.
'university' could be 'u' (abbreviation for university) and 'u' is located in the answer.
'lady' could be 'gal' (I've seen this before) and 'gal' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for portugal that I've seen before include "Iberian country" , "Country formerly ruled by Antonio de Oliveira Salazar" , "Westernmost country of mainland Europe" , "in E" , "The country provides a polar tug, oddly" .)