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Interpretations and sources in Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead in filleted Shakespeare works (8)

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I believe the answer is:

readings

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'interpretations' is the definition.
('reading' can be a synonym of 'interpretation')

'sources in rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead in filleted shakespeare works' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'in' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'are' is 'rea' which is present in the answer.
'dead' could be 'd' (abbreviation in government records) and 'd' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for readings that I've seen before include "measurements" , "Texts" , "Formal recitals or figures from a meter" .)

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