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Trendy universities working together (2,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

in unison

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'together' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'trendy universities working' is the wordplay.
'trendy' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean fashionable).
'universities working' becomes 'unison' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in'+'unison'='IN UNISON'

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(Other definitions for in unison that I've seen before include "All together at the same pitch" , "All speaking or singing as one" , "All speaking or singing at the same time" , "All singing the same notes" , "Simultaneously" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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