Gown of fellow given cheers outside university (6)

I believe the answer is:

mantua

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'gown' is the definition.
(mantua is a kind of gown)

'fellow given cheers outside university' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'man' (I've seen this before).
'given cheers' becomes 'ta' (I've seen this in other clues. I am not sure about the 'given' bit.**).
'outside' is an insertion indicator.
'university' becomes 'u'.
'ta' placed around 'u' is 'tua'.
'man'+'tua'='MANTUA'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for mantua that I've seen before include "Italian city, home of Virgil" , "Words to cartoon" , "Italian town; loose gown" , "Loose gown; Italian city" , "Am aunt, strangely, in the N. Italy city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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