Alerts dandies about one page (7)

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tipoffs

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'alerts' is the definition.

'dandies about one page' is the wordplay.
'dandies' becomes 'toffs' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'one' becomes 'i' (roman numeral).
'page' becomes 'p'.
'i'+'p'='ip'
'toffs' going around 'ip' is 'TIPOFFS'.

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I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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