Be more clever than a chump at Oxford University? (6)
I believe the answer is:
outwit
'be more clever' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'a chump at oxford university?' is the wordplay.
'a chump' becomes 'twit' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'oxford university?' becomes 'OU'.
'twit' after 'ou' is 'OUTWIT'.
'than' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for outwit that I've seen before include "Get the better of by being smarter" , "Intellectually get the better of" , "To fox" , "Outfox" , "Surpass in ingenuity" .)