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UK university expert wrong about very poor grade (2,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

de montfort

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'uk university' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'expert wrong about very poor grade' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'expert' could be 'demon' (I've seen this before) and 'demon' is located in the answer.
'poor grade' could be 'f' and 'f' is found within the answer.
'wrong' could be 'tort' (a civil wrong in law) and 'tort' is found in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for de montfort that I've seen is " early Parliamentarian".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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