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Books a member read about ice cream abroad (6)

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I believe the answer is:

gelato

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'ice cream abroad' is the definition.
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'books a member read about' is the wordplay.
'books' becomes 'OT' (Old Testament).
'member read' becomes 'leg' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' is a reversal indicator.
'ot'+'a'+'leg'='otaleg'
'otaleg' in reverse letter order is 'GELATO'.

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(Other definitions for gelato that I've seen before include "Italian-style ice cream" , "Italian ice cream" , "treat in Milan?" , "Frozen food" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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