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Cancel note on small college in Germany (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rescind

'cancel' is the definition.
(rescinding is a kind of cancelling)

'note on small college in germany' is the wordplay.
'note' becomes 're' (**).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'college' becomes 'c'.
'germany' becomes 'd' (international vehicle registration code).
're'+'s'+'c'+'in'+'d'='RESCIND'

(Other definitions for rescind that I've seen before include "Revoke (order)" , "Cinders (anag.)" , "Withdraw (decree)" , "Countermand" , "Cancel (regulation)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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