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… affected American college centre (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

campus

'college centre' is the definition.
(site of a college or university)

'affected american' is the wordplay.
'affected' becomes 'camp' (I've seen this before).
'american' becomes 'us' (abbreviation for United States).
'camp'+'us'='CAMPUS'

(Other definitions for campus that I've seen before include "University buildings and grounds" , "academic haunt" , "educational location" , "College estate" , "Area around a university" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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