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Deficient writing has edge over good stuff (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lipogram

'deficient writing' is the definition.
(piece of writing that avoids a particular letter)

'edge over good stuff' is the wordplay.
'edge' becomes 'lip' (lip is a kind of edge).
'over good' becomes 'og' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'stuff' becomes 'ram' (ramming is a kind of stuffing).
'lip'+'og'+'ram'='LIPOGRAM'

'has' is the link.

(Another definition for lipogram that I've seen is " One has letters missing".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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