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Responsibility of ordinary group of students (4)

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I believe the answer is:

onus

'responsibility' is the definition.
(onus is a duty or responsibility)

'ordinary group of students' is the wordplay.
'ordinary' becomes 'O' (abbreviation e.g. O-Levels).
'group of students' becomes 'NUS' (National Union of Students).
'o'+'nus'='ONUS'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for onus that I've seen before include "Encumbrance" , "Responsibilty" , "Capulet opponent (R&J)" , "Duty or responsibility" , "Liability" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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