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Hard to find gripping 90’s newspaper article (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

exclusive

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'newspaper article' is the definition.
'exclusive' can be an answer for 'article' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'newspaper' bit.

'hard to find gripping 90's' is the wordplay.
'hard to find' becomes 'elusive' (something elusive is hard to find).
'gripping' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are gripped).
'90' becomes 'xc' (Roman numerals).
'elusive' going around 'xc' is 'EXCLUSIVE'.

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(Other definitions for exclusive that I've seen before include "Scoop" , "article kept away from other rags" , "catering for a few customers" , "Not divided or shared with others" , "choice" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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