Splendid large university Fred now recalled (9)
I believe the answer is:
wonderful
'splendid' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'large university fred now recalled' is the wordplay.
'large' becomes 'l'.
'university' becomes 'u'.
'recalled' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'l'+'u'+'fred'+'now'='lufrednow'
'lufrednow' written backwards gives 'WONDERFUL'.
(Other definitions for wonderful that I've seen before include "Fab" , "Remarkably good" , "Marvellous" , "Great" , "Superb" .)