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Little story with new and better content (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

novelette

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'little story' is the definition.
'novelette' can be an answer for 'story' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'little' bit.

'new and better content' is the wordplay.
'new' becomes 'novel' (synonyms).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'content' means to look at the middle letters.
The middle of 'better' is 'ette'.
'novel'+'ette'='NOVELETTE'

'with' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for novelette that I've seen before include "Short and light tale" , "Short work of fiction" , "Short story" , "Short book of fiction" , "romance?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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