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Typical American university man (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

usual

'typical' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'american university man' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'us'.
'university' becomes 'u'.
'man' becomes 'al' (**).
'us'+'u'+'al'='USUAL'

(Other definitions for usual that I've seen before include "Stock" , "Typically done" , "not rum?" , "Expected" , "Ordinary" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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