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Strangely guarded nature seen in student (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

undergraduate

'student' is the definition.
(university student)

'strangely guarded nature' is the wordplay.
'strangely' indicates an anagram.
'guarded'+'nature'='guardednature'
'guardednature' with letters rearranged gives 'UNDERGRADUATE'.

'seen in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for undergraduate that I've seen before include "One studying for a first degree" , "University student yet to take degree" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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