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Article by Morning Star about eastern ways (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

avenues

'ways' is the definition.
(avenue is a kind of way)

'article by morning star about eastern' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'a' (the indefinite article in English).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'morning star' becomes 'Venus' (Venus was historically called the morning star).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'venus' placed around 'e' is 'venues'.
'a'+'venues'='AVENUES'

(Other definitions for avenues that I've seen before include "City streets or methods of approach" , "Tree-lined roads" , "Approaches" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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