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Monsieur Simenon excited about college for the art of memory assistance (9)

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I believe the answer is:

mnemonics

'the art of memory assistance' is the definition.
(study of improving one's memory)

'monsieur simenon excited about college' is the wordplay.
'monsieur' becomes 'm' (French abbreviation - like Mr for Mister).
'excited' is an anagram indicator.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'college' becomes 'c'.
'm'+'simenon'='msimenon'
'msimenon' with letters rearranged gives 'mnemonis'.
'mnemonis' placed around 'c' is 'MNEMONICS'.

'for' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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