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Fellow altered middle section (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chapter

'section' is the definition.
(I know that chapter is a type of section)

'fellow altered middle' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'chap' (both can mean a man).
'middle' says to take the centre.
The middle of 'altered' is 'ter'.
'chap'+'ter'='CHAPTER'

(Other definitions for chapter that I've seen before include "religious assembly" , "Sequence - section of book - church body" , "Part of book" , "series of events" , "Division of book, usually numbered" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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