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Turns up, for example, to study at Oxford, a bundle of nerves (6)

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'a bundle of nerves' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'turns up for example to study at oxford' is the wordplay.
'turns up' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'for example' becomes 'eg' (short for 'exempli gratia', 'for example' in Latin).
'to study' becomes 'den' (term for a study or office).
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'oxford' becomes 'o' (this could be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'eg'+'den'='egden'
'egden' back-to-front is 'nedge'.
'nedge' after 'o' is 'ONEDGE'.

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I've seen this clue in The Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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