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University Court supporting poet’s depiction of egg supplier (7)

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I believe the answer is:

oviduct

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'depiction of egg supplier' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'university court supporting poet's' is the wordplay.
'university' becomes 'U' (abbreviation for university).
'court' becomes 'ct' (abbreviation used in road names).
'supporting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'poet' becomes 'ovid' (Roman poet).
'u'+'ct'='uct'
'uct' after 'ovid' is 'OVIDUCT'.

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(Other definitions for oviduct that I've seen before include "route for egg delivery" , "Egg-laying tube" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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