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Intellectual way to stop foreign article being duplicated (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

einstein

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'intellectual' is the definition.
(I know that Einstein is a type of intellectual)

'way to stop foreign article being duplicated' is the wordplay.
'way' becomes 'st' (abbreviation for street).
'to stop' indicates putting letters inside.
'foreign article' becomes 'eine' (indefinite article in German).
'being duplicated' becomes 'in' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'st' going into 'eine' is 'einste'.
'einste'+'in'='EINSTEIN'

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(Other definitions for einstein that I've seen before include "US physicist" , "Set nine up for his theory of relativity" , "Bright chap" , "Albert . . . . . . . . founder of theory of relativity" , "who strove for world peace" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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