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Article on yours truly’s subject matter (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

theme

'subject matter' is the definition.
(theme is a kind of subject matter)

'article on yours truly's' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'the' (the 'definite article' part of speech).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'yours truly' becomes 'me'.
'the'+'me'='THEME'

(Other definitions for theme that I've seen before include "A subject or repeated melody" , "Unifying motif" , "basis for variations" , "Burden" , "Subject of a talk or piece of writing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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