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Covered in a possibly early edition (7)

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I believe the answer is:

layered

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'covered in' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'a possibly early edition' is the wordplay.
'a possibly' indicates an anagram.
'edition' becomes 'ed' ().
'early' is an anagram of 'layer'.
'layer'+'ed'='LAYERED'

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(Other definitions for layered that I've seen before include "in tiers" , "Stratified" , "Arranged in strata" , "with multilevel style" , "Like a particular hairstyle" .)

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