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Articles this paper reports as letters? (5)

Ross

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items

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'articles' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'paper reports as letters?' is the wordplay.
'paper reports as' becomes 'it' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'letters?' becomes 'ems' (I've seen this in another clue).
'it'+'ems'='ITEMS'

'this' is the link.

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(Other definitions for items that I've seen before include "partners" , "Times (anag.)" , "Agenda points" , "Individuals units" , "separate parts of news bulletin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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