Reprobate college head, nowadays? (3)
I believe the answer is:
cad
'reprobate' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'college head nowadays?' is the wordplay.
'college head' becomes 'c' (I've seen this in other clues).
'nowadays?' becomes 'ad'.
'c'+'ad'='CAD'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cad that I've seen before include "Ungentlemanly person" , "Heel" , "Stinker" , "Blackguard" , "Wretch" .)