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Small tavern between universities and car company (6)

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I believe the answer is:

subaru

'car company' is the definition.
(I know that Subaru is a car company)

'small tavern between universities' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'tavern' becomes 'bar' (I've seen this before).
'between' indicates putting letters inside.
'universities' becomes 'UU' (an abbreviation for university written twice).
'bar' going inside 'uu' is 'ubaru'.
's'+'ubaru'='SUBARU'

'and' is the link.

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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