Believe international publication has censored extreme letters (7)

I believe the answer is:

imagine

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'believe' is the definition.
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'international publication has censored extreme letters' is the wordplay.
'international' becomes 'i' (abbreviation eg in IMF).
'publication' becomes 'mag' (abbreviation for magazine).
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'censored extreme letters' becomes 'ine' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'i'+'mag'+'ine'='IMAGINE'

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(Other definitions for imagine that I've seen before include "Suspect" , "Form a mental image in the mind" , "Enigma, I? (anag)" , "Picture in mind, envisage" , "Conjure up in mind,fancy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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