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Boy comes to end of the big book (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tome

'big book' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'boy comes to end of the' is the wordplay.
'boy' becomes 'tom' (**).
'comes to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'end of' suggests the final letters.
The final letter of 'the' is 'e'.
'tom'+'e'='TOME'

(Other definitions for tome that I've seen before include "dictionary?" , "Large and scholarly book" , "Large, weighty book" , "Large scholarly volume" , "War and Peace, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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