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Universities accepting students content to play around is not normal (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unusual

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'universities accepting students content to play around' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'not normal' is the wordplay.
'not' becomes 'un' (I've seen this in other clues).
'normal' becomes 'usual' (I've seen this before).
'un'+'usual'='UNUSUAL'

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(Other definitions for unusual that I've seen before include "Not habitually or commonly occurring" , "That's odd" , "'Uncommon, rare (7)'" , "Not commonly encountered" , "Not commor or ordinary" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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