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Exactitude of American university upset by smutty type (8)

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accuracy

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(Other definitions for accuracy that I've seen before include "faithfulness" , "Correctness, precision" , "fidelity" , "Absolute correctness" , "Preciseness" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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