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Issue of the day, say, being gone over (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emit

'issue' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'the day say being gone over' is the wordplay.
'the day say' becomes 'time' (day is a kind of time).
'being gone over' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'time' backwards is 'EMIT'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for emit that I've seen before include "Expel" , "Give out or put forth" , "Exhale" , "'Give off, odour say (4)'" , "Throw out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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