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Far from humble urge to include university (5)

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I believe the answer is:

proud

'far from humble' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'urge to include university' is the wordplay.
'urge' becomes 'prod' (I've seen this in another clue).
'to include' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'university' becomes 'U' (abbreviation as in UMass).
'prod' enclosing 'u' is 'PROUD'.

(Other definitions for proud that I've seen before include "Self-respecting or self-important" , "Self-satisfied - arrogant" , "Boastful" , "Feeling self-respect - projecting from a surface" , "Arrogant - sticking out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Times.
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