University official gets a month inside for extortion, essentially (7)
I believe the answer is:
proctor
'university official' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a month inside for extortion essentially' is the wordplay.
'a month' becomes 'oct' (Oct is an example**).
'inside' is an insertion indicator.
'for' becomes 'pro' (I've seen this before).
'essentially' means to look at the middle letters.
The middle letter of 'extortion' is 'r'.
'oct' put inside 'pro' is 'procto'.
'procto'+'r'='PROCTOR'
'gets' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for proctor that I've seen before include "University official" , "College official" , "University disciplinarian" , "Disciplinary officer" , "University officer" .)