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Presented academic with wrong date (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

donated

'presented' is the definition.
(donating is a kind of presenting)

'academic with wrong date' is the wordplay.
'academic' becomes 'don' (type of academic - especially at Oxbridge).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'wrong' indicates an anagram.
'date' with letters rearranged gives 'ated'.
'don'+'ated'='DONATED'

(Other definitions for donated that I've seen before include "Given" , "Presented" , "Gave" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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