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English novel revamped with professional cover (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

envelop

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'cover' is the definition.
(enveloping is a kind of covering)

'english novel revamped with professional' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'revamped' indicates an anagram.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'professional' becomes 'p' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'novel' anagrammed gives 'nvelo'.
'e'+'nvelo'+'p'='ENVELOP'

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(Other definitions for envelop that I've seen before include "Obscure" , "Wrap around completely" , "Give all-round cover" , "Hide" , "Compass" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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