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Four ways to secure University result (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ensue

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'result' is the definition.
(to ensue is to occur or result)

'four ways to secure university' is the wordplay.
'four ways' becomes 'ense' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to secure' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are secured inside).
'university' becomes 'u' (abbreviation for university).
'ense' enclosing 'u' is 'ENSUE'.

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(Other definitions for ensue that I've seen before include "Come about, result in" , "Proceed" , "Result in a particular way" , "Happen or come about as consequence" , "Happen - to come later" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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