Tells to be quiet - doubly quiet, holding university notes (7)
I believe the answer is:
shushes
'tells to be quiet' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'quiet holding university notes' is the wordplay.
'quiet' becomes 'shush' (I've seen this in another clue).
'holding university notes' becomes 'es' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'shush'+'es'='SHUSHES'
'doubly' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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