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Exclusive small shop (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scoop

'exclusive' is the definition.
(as in a newspaper scoop)

'small shop' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'shop' becomes 'coop' (short for The Co-operative Group).
's'+'coop'='SCOOP'

(Other definitions for scoop that I've seen before include "Exclusive report" , "Press exclusive" , "Exclusive news item" , "Ice-cream utensil" , "Dig out - story that makes the headlines" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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