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University commended and elevated (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

upraised

'elevated' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'university commended' is the wordplay.
'university' becomes 'u'.
'commended' becomes 'praised' (I've seen this before).
'u'+'praised'='UPRAISED'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for upraised that I've seen before include "Exalted" , "Elevated" , "Lifted" , "Given higher position" , "promoted" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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