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lumen - If you have the 3 letters that start 'rorquals' look at that headword in Chambers and keep reading down.

But plural would be 8 letters surely?

drxx, I'm still a little confused about the 3 letter word - was that the def or wordplay that you posted?

that was the def, nelson - I put in some extra information in [brackets] but it only confused the issue, sorry - for wordplay 'a single ????' = one (remove the last letter for the college abbrev).

THanks again - will look again!

I think I have it now drxx - I was looking for a hidden word in 'academia'.

But it's the popular shortening of a word that describes a place of higher education, yes?

That's it, nelson.

Can I confirm (or not!) that that "using this to write" is one of the nine?

lumen, there's another alternative starting with the first 3 letters - but not the '...back(s)' you're having difficulty with [look just above that word].

It is, brendan.