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Badly mangled a college’s name (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

magdalen

'college's name' is the definition.
(as in Magdalen College, Oxford)

'badly mangled a' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram (letters in the wrong order).
'mangled'+'a'='mangleda'
'mangleda' anagrammed gives 'MAGDALEN'.

(Other definitions for magdalen that I've seen before include "Mary ........, companion to Christ" , "Mary - Oxford college" , "Mary . . . . . . . ., follower of Christ" , "Infamous laundries" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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