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Single housing around university is exactly as expected (2,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

on cue

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'as expected' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'single housing around university' is the wordplay.
'single' becomes 'one' (a single thing - only one).
'housing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'around' becomes 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa').
'university' becomes 'U' (abbreviation for university).
'c'+'u'='cu'
'one' going around 'cu' is 'ON CUE'.

'is exactly' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for on cue that I've seen before include "at the appropriate time" , "At exactly the right moment" , "At the correct moment, like actor prompted to speak" , "promptly?" , "When signalled" .)

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