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Account having minimal money: university worried, leading to stress (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

accentuate

'stress' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'account having minimal money university worried' is the wordplay.
'account' becomes 'ac' (abbreviation).
'having' says to put letters next to each other.
'minimal money' becomes 'cent' (I've seen this in another clue).
'university' becomes 'U' (abbreviation for university).
'worried' becomes 'ate' (something worrying may eat someone up).
'ac'+'cent'+'u'+'ate'='ACCENTUATE'

'leading to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for accentuate that I've seen before include "Stress" , "Make more prominent" , "Emphasise" , "Draw attention to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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