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Gave teacher amended date (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

donated

'gave' is the definition.
(donating is a kind of giving)

'teacher amended date' is the wordplay.
'teacher' becomes 'don' (don can mean an academic - especially at Oxbridge).
'amended' is an anagram indicator.
'date' anagrammed gives 'ated'.
'don'+'ated'='DONATED'

(Other definitions for donated that I've seen before include "Gave" , "Presented" , "Given" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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