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A bit of information shortly to be returned (3)

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I believe the answer is:

tad

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

'information shortly to be returned' is the wordplay.
'information' becomes 'da' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'shortly' means to remove the last letter.
'be returned' is a reversal indicator (I've seen 'is returned' mean this).
'to' with its final letter taken off is 't'.
'da'+'t'='dat'
'dat' reversed gives 'TAD'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for tad that I've seen before include "Small amount or degree" , "(A) bit, touch" , "Little bit" , "A small amount (colloq.)" , "little boy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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