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Book making new use of cyclopean idea? (13)

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I believe the answer is:

encyclopaedia

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'book' is the definition.
(encyclopaedia is a kind of book)

'of cyclopean idea?' is the wordplay.
'of' indicates anagramming the letters (the answer comes from or 'of' the letters).
'cyclopean'+'idea'='cyclopeanidea'
'cyclopeanidea' is an anagram of 'ENCYCLOPAEDIA'.

'making new use' is the link.
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(Other definitions for encyclopaedia that I've seen before include "Book covering whole range of knowledge" , "Reference book on branches of knowledge" , "Large reference book" , "Comprehensive work of reference arranged alphabetically" , "Large book of general knowledge" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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