Break the law around college? Go to court with brief! (8)
I believe the answer is:
succinct
'brief' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'break the law around college? go to court' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'around' could be 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa') and 'c' is found in the answer.
'college?' could be 'u' (abbreviation for University) and 'u' is found within the answer.
'court' could be 'ct' and 'ct' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for succinct that I've seen before include "Briefly and clearly expressed" , "Crisply brief" , "Concise, pithy" , "Brief, precise" , "Brief, clear" .)