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Woman, university student, intended to remove a cancellation (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

annulment

'cancellation' is the definition.
(I know that annulment is a type of cancellation)

'woman university student intended to remove a' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'ann' (woman's name).
'university' becomes 'U' (abbreviation for university).
'student' becomes 'L' (as in L-plates for learner drivers).
'intended' becomes 'meant' (to mean something is to intend it).
'to remove' is a deletion indicator.
'meant' with 'a' taken away is 'ment'.
'ann'+'u'+'l'+'ment'='ANNULMENT'

(Other definitions for annulment that I've seen before include "Invalidation" , "Countermand" , "Declaration of invalidity, of a marriage say" , "cancellation" , "dissolution" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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