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It rarely turns out like this in books (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

literary

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

'it rarely turns out' is the wordplay.
'turns out' is an anagram indicator.
'it'+'rarely'='itrarely'
'itrarely' with letters rearranged gives 'LITERARY'.

'like' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for literary that I've seen before include "Relating to books and other writings" , "Well-read" , "Learned" , "Relating to writing of artistic merit (8)" , "well read" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Guardian.
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