Romeo in fix around college and university (9)
I believe the answer is:
princeton
'university' is the definition.
(Princeton is an example)
'romeo in fix around college' is the wordplay.
'romeo' becomes 'R' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'fix' becomes 'pin' (to pin is to fix in place).
'around' becomes 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa').
'college' becomes 'eton' (Eton College, English private school).
'r' put inside 'pin' is 'prin'.
'prin'+'c'+'eton'='PRINCETON'
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for princeton that I've seen before include "Member of the 11 in New Jersey" , "Early US university" , "College" , "US ivy league university" , "where War of Independence battle was fought?" .)