Consumed by college, say (5)
I believe the answer is:
eaten
'consumed' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'by college say' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'by' could be 'at' and 'at' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'een' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eaten that I've seen before include "Gobbled" , "Crammed" , "Taken into the body as food" , "having taken courses?" , "dinners should be" .)