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Epic account of parliament newspaper brought up (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iliad

'epic account' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'parliament newspaper brought up' is the wordplay.
'parliament' becomes 'dail' (Dail Eireann, Irish parliament).
'newspaper' becomes 'i' (the i is a British newspaper).
'brought up' is a reversal indicator (in a down clue, letters go up).
'dail'+'i'='daili'
'daili' reversed gives 'ILIAD'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for iliad that I've seen before include "Work by Homer" , "Homer's work" , "Greek epic poem about the Trojan War" , "No short tale" , "long story" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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