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Posh university climber association (3,6)

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ivy league

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'posh university' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'climber association' is the wordplay.
'climber' becomes 'ivy' (ivy is a climbing plant).
'association' becomes 'league' (league is a kind of association).
'ivy'+'league'='IVY LEAGUE'

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(Other definitions for ivy league that I've seen before include "Group of US elite universities" , "Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton and Yale" , "Top US universities" , "Group of prominent US universities" , "Brown is one of its members" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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