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Joined university and connected with no one (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

united

'joined' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'university and connected with no one' is the wordplay.
'university' becomes 'uni' (short for university).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'connected' becomes 'tied' ('tie' can be a synonym of 'connect').
'with no' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'tied' with 'i' removed is 'ted'.
'uni'+'ted'='UNITED'

(Other definitions for united that I've seen before include "Unified" , "Affiliated" , "Joined or combined" , "Of one mind" , "joined with others" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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