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Compensation for injury having left university with bad mumps? (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lump sum

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'compensation for injury' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'left university with bad mumps?' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'L' (common abbreviation).
'university' becomes 'u' (abbreviation for university).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'bad' is an anagram indicator.
'mumps' with letters rearranged gives 'mpsum'.
'l'+'u'+'mpsum'='LUMP SUM'

'having' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for lump sum that I've seen before include "chunk of bread?" , "11 [LOLLY] as single amount" , "one lot of money" , "Large single payment" , "Single payment as opposed to many instalments" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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