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Friendly hunk in conversation with female university student (8)

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I believe the answer is:

peaceful

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'friendly' is the definition.
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'hunk in conversation with female university student' is the wordplay.
'hunk' becomes 'piece' (hunk can mean a portion or lump).
'in conversation' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'female university' becomes 'fu' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'student' becomes 'L' (as in L-plates for learner drivers).
'piece' sounds like 'peace'.
'peace'+'fu'+'l'='PEACEFUL'

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(Other definitions for peaceful that I've seen before include "Not disturbed by strife or war" , "Calm and undisturbed by strife" , "Quiet" , "Not violent" , "Tranquil, calm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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