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Article I encountered on the way back (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

item

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

'i encountered on the way back' is the wordplay.
'encountered' becomes 'met' ('meet' can be a synonym of 'encounter').
'on the way back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'met' back-to-front is 'tem'.
'i'+'tem'='ITEM'

(Other definitions for item that I've seen before include "A thing or unit" , "Single unit" , "Article, object" , "Bit of news to broadcast" , "Whole individual unit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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