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Individual copies turned over with speed (8)

Ross

I think it could be either:

separate

delaware

'individual' is the definition.

'copies turned over with speed' is the wordplay.
'copies' becomes 'apes' ('ape' can be a synonym of 'copy').
'turned over' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'speed' becomes 'rate' (the speed at which something happens).
'apes' reversed gives 'sepa'.
'sepa'+'rate'='SEPARATE'

(Other definitions for separate that I've seen before include "Divide, keep apart" , "Individual and distinct" , "Come apart" , "Distinct, not joined" , "Move" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph, The Times and The Sun.
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