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University study’s ending with beer! (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yale

'university' is the definition.
(Yale university is an example)

'study's ending with beer' is the wordplay.
'ending' indicates one should take the final letters.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'beer' becomes 'ale' (I've seen this before).
The final letter of 'study' is 'y'.
'y'+'ale'='YALE'

(Other definitions for yale that I've seen before include "Heraldic animal" , "Member of the 11 - type of lock" , "Thief might gain entrance after picking this" , "member of College League" , "Famous American university in Connecticut" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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