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I read naught new in a newspaper (3,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

the guardian

'newspaper' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'i read naught new' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates an anagram.
'i'+'read'+'naught'='ireadnaught'
'ireadnaught' with letters rearranged gives 'THE GUARDIAN'.

'in a' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for the guardian that I've seen before include "Our paper?" , "Newspaper" .)

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