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Frantic turnover of local papers (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rabid

'frantic' is the definition.
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'turnover of local papers' is the wordplay.
'turnover of' says the letters should be written in reverse (I've seen 'turnover' mean this (the letters turn over)).
'local' becomes 'bar' (local can mean someone's local pub).
'papers' becomes 'ID' (short for identification papers).
'bar' in reverse letter order is 'rab'.
'rab'+'id'='RABID'

(Other definitions for rabid that I've seen before include "Zealous" , "Fanatical, infected" , "Wild" , "Furious like mad dog?" , "Infected with hydrophobia" .)

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