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Corrects English manuscript, including last part (6)

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I believe the answer is:

emends

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

'english manuscript including last part' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'manuscript' becomes 'ms' ('ms' can be a synonym of 'manuscript').
'including' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'last part' becomes 'end' (end is a kind of part. I am not sure about the 'last' bit.**).
'ms' placed around 'end' is 'mends'.
'e'+'mends'='EMENDS'

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(Other definitions for emends that I've seen before include "Changes" , "Corrects and improves the text" , "Revises" , "Alters, corrects" , "Makes improvements or corrections" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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