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Craze has articles for fool (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fathead

'fool' is the definition.
(fathead is a kind of fool)

'craze has articles' is the wordplay.
'craze' becomes 'fad' ('fad' can be a synonym of 'craze').
'has' indicates putting letters inside.
'articles' becomes 'thea' (two examples of the part-of-speech: the+a).
'fad' going around 'thea' is 'FATHEAD'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for fathead that I've seen before include "Charlie" , "Fool" , "silly ass!" , "Slang idiot with enlarged cranium?" , "Dimwit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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