Cambridge college keeping in touch from the start? Blow me! (8)
I believe the answer is:
clarinet
'blow me' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'cambridge college keeping in touch from the start?' is the wordplay.
'cambridge college' becomes 'clare' (college of Cambridge University).
'keeping' is an insertion indicator (some letters kept inside).
'from the start?' suggests taking the first letters (I've seen 'from the start' mean this).
The initial letter of 'touch' is 't'.
'clare' placed around 'in' is 'clarine'.
'clarine'+'t'='CLARINET'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for clarinet that I've seen before include "Blow that!" , "Music-maker" , "23 instrument" , "musician" , "It's for playing" .)