### Clue: One's played two blues oddly rejected by British university (7)
### Answer: UKULELE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: One's played
 **two times ****1st and 3rd letters deleted from**(… oddly rejected) "blues" **placed after**(by) [UK(abbrev. for "United Kingdom", describing things British, a university, say) + U(abbrev. for "University").
The uke always brings him to mind: