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Battle possibly to contain university academic after one’s number? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

ibuprofen

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'battle possibly' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'contain university academic after one's number?' is the wordplay.
'contain' indicates putting letters inside.
'university' becomes 'u' (abbreviation for university).
'academic' becomes 'prof' (short for professor).
'after one' becomes 'ibe' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'number?' becomes 'n' (n can represent any number).
'u'+'prof'='uprof'
'uprof' put into 'ibe' is 'ibuprofe'.
'ibuprofe'+'n'='IBUPROFEN'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ibuprofen that I've seen before include "Painkiller" , "anaesthetic" , "Anti-inflammatory medicine" , "Drug" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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