Academic sporting allegiance (7)

I believe the answer is:

varsity

(Other definitions for varsity that I've seen before include "Educational institution" , "Related to Oxford and Cambridge University sports" , "Cambridge, perhaps?" , "Oxford, say?" , "Colloquial place of higher education" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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