### Clue: The academic world quietly skewers French philosopher (6)
### Answer: CAMPUS 
 ### Explanation: Definition: The academic world
  P(abbrev. for piano, musical instruction to play quietly) **contained in**(skewers) CAMUS(Albert, 1913-1960, French philosopher-writer and Nobel laureate for literature)
Defn: Literally, the physical space on which an institution of education,academy stands, and figuratively, the world of higher of higher education.