Crossword Genius

Left old university? Not entirely true (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

loyal

'true' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'left old university? not entirely' is the wordplay.
'left old' becomes 'lo' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'university?' becomes 'Yale' (Yale is an example).
'not entirely' means to remove the last letter.
'yale' with its final letter taken away is 'yal'.
'lo'+'yal'='LOYAL'

(Other definitions for loyal that I've seen before include "Sort of toast" , "Solid" , "Staunch" , "True-hearted" , "Steadfast and true" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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