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Parking row involving a university woman (7)

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I believe the answer is:

pauline

'woman' is the definition.

'parking row involving a university' is the wordplay.
'parking' becomes 'p' (abbreviation on road signs).
'row' becomes 'line' (as in a row of things).
'involving' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'university' becomes 'u' (abbreviation for university).
'p'+'line'='pline'
'a'+'u'='au'
'pline' going around 'au' is 'PAULINE'.

(Other definitions for pauline that I've seen before include "Girl" , "following early Christian convert" , "connected with Saint" , "relating to apostle" , "Of an epistle-writer; girl's name" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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