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Cryptic clue for university where locals meet? (9,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

community centre

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'locals meet?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'cryptic clue for university' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'university' could be 'uni' (I've seen this before) and 'uni' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'where' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for community centre that I've seen before include "meeting hall?" , "local meeting place" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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