Left cafe worried about university giving intended result (9)

I believe the answer is:

effectual

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'intended result' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs sometimes mean the same thing.

'left cafe worried about university' is the wordplay.
'worried' indicates an anagram.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'university' becomes 'u' (abbreviation for university).
'left'+'cafe'='leftcafe'
'leftcafe' with letters rearranged gives 'effectal'.
'effectal' placed around 'u' is 'EFFECTUAL'.

'giving' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for effectual that I've seen before include "Producing the desired result" , "productive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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