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Resolved to eat with daughter around end of college session (10)

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I believe the answer is:

determined

'resolved' is the definition.
(determining is a kind of resolving)

'eat with daughter around end of college session' is the wordplay.
'eat with' becomes 'dine' (to dine is to eat a meal. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'end of' indicates one should take the final letters.
'session' becomes 'term'.
The final letter of 'college' is 'e'.
'dine'+'d'='dined'
'e'+'term'='eterm'
'dined' going around 'eterm' is 'DETERMINED'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for determined that I've seen before include "With full strength and concentration" , "Decided - resolute" , "Firmly decided" , "Resolved" , "Found out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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