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Best piece of news in hand (6)

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finest

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'best' is the definition.
(the most excellent or fine)

'piece of news in hand' is the wordplay.
'piece of news' becomes 'ne' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'hand' becomes 'fist' (hand curled into a fist).
'ne' placed into 'fist' is 'FINEST'.

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(Other definitions for finest that I've seen before include "Superior in quality" , "Of the highest grade" , "Most splendid" , "Of the highest quality" , "Infest with the best" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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