Music from university players (3,5)
I believe the answer is:
the blues
'music from university players' is the definition.
'the blues' can be an answer for 'music' (the blues is a genre of music). I'm not certain of the 'from university players' bit.
'music' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'music' could be 'blues' (blues is a kind of music) and 'blues' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'the' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for the blues that I've seen before include "Chelsea?" , "Bout of depression" , "Sort of music" , "E.g. Manchester City" , "Lady Sings - -, Billie Holliday autobiography" .)