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Cake provided by entrance to a university (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gateau

'cake' is the definition.
(gateau is a kind of cake)

'by entrance to a university' is the wordplay.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'entrance' becomes 'gate' (I've seen this before).
'university' becomes 'u'.
'gate' next to 'a' is 'gatea'.
'gatea'+'u'='GATEAU'

'provided' is the link.

(Other definitions for gateau that I've seen before include "Cake for Pierre" , "Afternoon snack" , "Cream dessert cake" , "Cake (from the Black Forest?)" , "It's sweet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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