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So long to suffer in a university (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adieu

'so long' is the definition.
('adieu' can be a synonym of 'so long')

'suffer in a university' is the wordplay.
'suffer' becomes 'die' (dying is a kind of suffering).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'university' becomes 'u'.
'a'+'u'='au'
'die' placed inside 'au' is 'ADIEU'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for adieu that I've seen before include "Leave" , "Farewell (French)" , "Goodbye, mademoiselle" , "Parting greeting" , "Parting word" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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