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__ mater (former school) (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alma

(Other definitions for alma that I've seen before include "One's university" , "Woman" , "Essence" , "The . . . . Mater is the old school" , "dancing girl" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday and the Newsday.com.
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