Country transport working on connecting universities (7)
I believe the answer is:
vanuatu
'country' is the definition.
(Vanuatu is an example)
'transport working on connecting universities' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'transport' could be 'van' (van is a kind of transport) and 'van' is present in the answer.
'on' could be 'at' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'at' is located in the answer.
'universities' could be 'uu' (an abbreviation for university written twice) and 'uu' is located in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for vanuatu that I've seen before include "Country of the south-west Pacific" , "South Pacific Ocean nation of 80 islands" , "Southwest Pacific island hit by Cyclone Pam in March" , "Archipelago, formerly known as New Hebrides" , "Pacific island country, formerly New Hebrides" .)