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Change after stripping over here (4)

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I believe the answer is:

veer

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'change' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'stripping over here' is the wordplay.
'stripping' means to look at the middle letters (outer letters strip off).
'here' becomes 'er' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
The middle letters of 'over' are 've'.
've'+'er'='VEER'

'after' is the link.

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(Other definitions for veer that I've seen before include "Change direction abruptly" , "Suddenly change direction" , "Change direction sharply" , "Change direction or course, like wind" , "Sudden direction change" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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