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Give university teacher tea to brew (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

donate

'give' is the definition.
(I know that donate is a more specific form of the action give)

'university teacher tea to brew' is the wordplay.
'university teacher' becomes 'don' (I've seen this in other clues).
'to brew' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tea' anagrammed gives 'ate'.
'don'+'ate'='DONATE'

(Other definitions for donate that I've seen before include "Give (eg to charity)" , "Make an offer" , "Give money to charity" , "Give charitably - say blood" , "Give - present" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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