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Head of college left prematurely, evidently (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

clearly

'evidently' is the definition.
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'head of college left prematurely' is the wordplay.
'head of' says to take the initial letters.
'prematurely' becomes 'early' (I've seen this before).
The initial letters of 'college left' is 'cl'.
'cl'+'early'='CLEARLY'

(Other definitions for clearly that I've seen before include "Obviously; with clarity" , "Without doubt or question" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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