Cut short desk work, returning without one magazine (7)

I believe the answer is:

tabloid

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(Other definitions for tabloid that I've seen before include "Popular newspaper size" , "Small-sized newspaper" , "Star, maybe" , "Small format newspaper" , "Smaller-sized newspaper" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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