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Heads turned after tabloid shows star's blemish (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sunspot

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'star's blemish' is the definition.
'sunspot' can be an answer for 'blemish' (I have seen 'Solar blemish ' mean 'sunspot' so perhaps 'blemish' could also mean 'sunspot'). I am unsure of the 'star's' bit.

'heads turned after tabloid' is the wordplay.
'heads' becomes 'tops'.
'turned' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'tabloid' becomes 'Sun' (The Sun, UK newspaper).
'tops' backwards is 'spot'.
'spot' put after 'sun' is 'SUNSPOT'.

'shows' is the link.

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(Other definitions for sunspot that I've seen before include "Cool solar area" , "Solar surface blemish" , "warm place" , "cause of magnetic storm" , "Solar dark patch" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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