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Following tabloid, see blemish on the face of a star (7)

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sunspot

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'the face of a star' is the definition.
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'following tabloid see blemish' is the wordplay.
'following' says to put letters next to each other.
'tabloid' becomes 'Sun' (The Sun, UK newspaper).
'see blemish' becomes 'spot' (spot is a kind of blemish).
'sun' next to 'spot' is 'SUNSPOT'.

'on' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for sunspot that I've seen before include "holiday resort" , "Cool solar area" , "Solar cool patch" , "cause of magnetic storm" , "Dark cool patch on the surface of our nearest star" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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