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Item delivered by lorry, extremely large (7)

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I believe the answer is:

article

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

'by lorry extremely large' is the wordplay.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'lorry' becomes 'artic' (articulated lorry is a semi-trailer truck**).
'extremely' suggests removing the centre.
'large' with its centre removed is 'le'.
'artic'+'le' is 'ARTICLE'.

'delivered' is the link.
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(Other definitions for article that I've seen before include "Maybe the" , "What journalist writes" , "A rewritten piece" , "For instance, a" , "Thing - composition - item" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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