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Capricorn is one theme absorbing astrologer ultimately (6)

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I believe the answer is:

tropic

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'capricorn is one' is the definition.
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'theme absorbing astrologer ultimately' is the wordplay.
'theme' becomes 'topic' ('topic' can be a synonym of 'theme').
'absorbing' indicates putting letters inside.
'astrologer ultimately' becomes 'r' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'topic' placed around 'r' is 'TROPIC'.

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(Other definitions for tropic that I've seen before include "Imaginary circle on globe" , "Either that of Capricorn or Cancer" , "Interzonal line" , "Line defining hot zone" , "Cancer/Capricorn line" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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