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Go beyond answer college course accepts (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

transcend

'go beyond' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'answer college course accepts' is the wordplay.
'answer' becomes 'ans' (abbreviation for answer).
'college' becomes 'c'.
'course' becomes 'trend' (synonyms).
'accepts' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ans'+'c'='ansc'
'ansc' going inside 'trend' is 'TRANSCEND'.

(Other definitions for transcend that I've seen before include "Surpass (an achievement)" , "Go beyond, surpass" , "exceed?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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