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College to attempt to suppress article as a whole (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unitary

'as a whole' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'college to attempt to suppress article' is the wordplay.
'college' becomes 'uni' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'to attempt' becomes 'try' ('try' can be a synonym of 'attempt').
'to suppress' indicates putting letters inside.
'article' becomes 'a' (indefinite article).
'try' going around 'a' is 'tary'.
'uni'+'tary'='UNITARY'

(Other definitions for unitary that I've seen before include "Single; uniform" , "as a whole" , "showing one nature" , "Marked by oneness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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