Two journalists adopt University pet, who is refined in judgement and taste (8)
I believe the answer is:
educated
'two journalists adopt university pet who is refined in judgement and taste' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'two journalists adopt university pet' is the wordplay.
'two journalists' means two replacements for 'journalist'.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'adopt' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are taken in or adopted).
'university' becomes 'U' (abbreviation for university).
'pet' becomes 'cat' (cats are often kept as pets).
'ed'+'ed'='eded'
'u'+'cat'='ucat'
'eded' enclosing 'ucat' is 'EDUCATED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for educated that I've seen before include "Well-read" , "Schooled, enlightened" , "Learned - cultivated" , "Trained; learned" , "Civilised" .)