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College key (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yale

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This could be a double definition.

'college' is the first definition.

'key' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

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(Other definitions for yale that I've seen before include "member of College League" , "Mass. university" , "Member of the 11 - type of lock" , "US university; lock" , "New Haven university" .)

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