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Place to study poetry or the cosmos (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

universe

'the cosmos' is the definition.
('universe' can be a synonym of 'cosmos')

'place to study poetry' is the wordplay.
'place to study' becomes 'uni' (university).
'poetry' becomes 'verse' (synonyms).
'uni'+'verse'='UNIVERSE'

'or' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for universe that I've seen before include "Everything that exists, everywhere" , "all we know?" , "The whole world" , "The whole of everything" , "Cosmos" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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