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… of twelve from US capital without a university (4)

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I believe the answer is:

june

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'us capital without a university' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'of twelve from' is the wordplay.
'of twelve' becomes 'jun' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'from' becomes 'e' (I've seen this in other clues).
'jun'+'e'='JUNE'

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(Other definitions for june that I've seen before include "The "flaming" month?" , "some time" , "Month after 14" , "Month named after Jupiter's wife" , "Sixth month" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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