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Heads of university not scrutinised or is that not proven yet? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

untested

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'heads of university not scrutinised or is' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'not proven yet?' is the wordplay.
'not' becomes 'un' (I've seen this in other clues).
'proven yet?' becomes 'tested' ('test' can be a synonym of 'prove'. I am not sure about the 'yet?' bit.**).
'un'+'tested'='UNTESTED'

'that' is the link.

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(Other definitions for untested that I've seen before include "Not tried or proven" , "Not checked" , "learner driver" , "Not yet proven" , "New" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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