Where a saint gets ahead (at university?) (5)
I believe the answer is:
aston
'university?' is the definition.
(university in Birmingham)
'where a saint gets ahead' is the wordplay.
'where' becomes 'a' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a saint' becomes 'st'.
'gets' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'ahead' becomes 'on' ('on' can be a synonym of 'ahead').
'a'+'st'+'on'='ASTON'
'at' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aston that I've seen before include "district of Birmingham" , "A Birmingham university" , "part of Birmingham" , "Premiership FC" , "and 20: Midlands football club" .)