Stopping going to nightclubs, grabbing books in university! (13)
I believe the answer is:
discontinuing
'stopping' is the definition.
('discontinue' can be a synonym of 'stop')
'nightclubs grabbing books in university' is the wordplay.
'nightclubs' becomes 'discoing' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'grabbing' indicates putting letters inside.
'books' becomes 'NT' (abbreviation for New Testament).
'university' becomes 'U' (abbreviation for university).
'nt'+'in'+'u'='ntinu'
'discoing' enclosing 'ntinu' is 'DISCONTINUING'.
'going to' is the link.
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