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College graduate sick about having nothing left (7)

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I believe the answer is:

balliol

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'college' is the definition.
(Balliol College, Oxford)

'graduate sick about having nothing left' is the wordplay.
'graduate' becomes 'BA' (someone with a Bachelor of Arts degree).
'sick' becomes 'ill' (similar in meaning).
'about' is a reversal indicator.
'having nothing left' becomes 'ol' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'ill' in reverse letter order is 'lli'.
'ba'+'lli'+'ol'='BALLIOL'

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(Other definitions for balliol that I've seen before include "Wycliffe and Jowett were both Masters of this Oxford college" , "C13 Oxford college" .)

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