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Down from university? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blue

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This clue might be a double definition.

'down' is the first definition.
(both can mean sad)

'university?' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for blue that I've seen before include "ball at snooker" , "Colour - near the knuckle!" , "Colour; obscene" , "Miserable; waste (money)" , "in Oxford, it's dark" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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