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Following detailed article peruses yarns (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

threads

'yarns' is the definition.
('thread' can be a synonym of 'yarn')

'following detailed article peruses' is the wordplay.
'following' says to put letters next to each other.
'detailed' means to remove the last letter (the word must be end-less or 'de-tailed').
'article' becomes 'the' (the definite article in English).
'peruses' becomes 'reads' (I've seen this before).
'the' with its final letter taken off is 'th'.
'th' next to 'reads' is 'THREADS'.

(Other definitions for threads that I've seen before include "lines" , "Strands for sewing" , "Slang for suits, or fibres" , "Clothes (slang)" , "Hardest (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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