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US airline employing college rock fan in 50s (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

united

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'us airline employing' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'college rock fan in 50s' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'college' could be 'uni' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'uni' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ted' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for united that I've seen before include "Joined together -- in duet (anag)" , "Joined in marriage" , "Joined or combined" , "Amalgamated" , "See 14" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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