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Case of vintage urinals vandalised in comprehensive (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

universal

'comprehensive' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'case of vintage urinals vandalised' is the wordplay.
'case of' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (outsides of).
'vandalised' indicates an anagram.
'vintage' with its middle removed is 've'.
've'+'urinals'='veurinals'
'veurinals' is an anagram of 'UNIVERSAL'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for universal that I've seen before include "Film studio; affecting all things" , "Everywhere applicable" , "Common" , "Worldwide or cosmic" , "Belonging to the whole world" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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