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College essay’s covered in that stuff (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trinity

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'college' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'essay's covered in that stuff' is the wordplay.
'essay' becomes 'try' (synonyms).
'covered in' becomes 'init' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'that stuff' is an insertion indicator.
'try' placed around 'init' is 'TRINITY'.

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(Other definitions for trinity that I've seen before include "Father, Son and Holy Spirit" , "Holy triad" , "House" , "Oxbridge college" , "Cambridge college founded by Henry VIII" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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