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Material from New York, London university lecturer dismissed (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nylon

'material' is the definition.
(I know that nylon is a type of material)

'new york london university lecturer dismissed' is the wordplay.
'new york' becomes 'ny'.
'university lecturer' becomes 'don' (don can mean an academic - especially at Oxbridge).
'dismissed' suggests deleting specific letters.
'london' with 'don' removed is 'lon'.
'ny'+'lon'='NYLON'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for nylon that I've seen before include "Synthetic polymer" , "Hose" , "Polyamide" , "Artificial cloth" , "Type of material" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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