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One imagined being unoriginal, taking year off after college (7)

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I believe the answer is:

unicorn

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'off after college' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.

'one imagined being unoriginal taking year' is the wordplay.
'one imagined being' becomes 'uni' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'unoriginal' becomes 'corny' (similar in meaning).
'taking' is a deletion indicator.
'year' becomes 'y'.
'corny' with 'y' taken out is 'corn'.
'uni'+'corn'='UNICORN'

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(Other definitions for unicorn that I've seen before include "Fabulous one-horned animal" , "Fabulous creature" , "Lion's traditional adversary" , "Fabulous horned animal" , "Imaginary one-horned creature" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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