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Machine that turns out bilingual articles (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lathe

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'machine that turns' is the definition.
'lathe' can be an answer for 'machine' (machine for shaping metal etc). I'm not certain of the rest of the definition.

'bilingual articles' is the wordplay.
'bilingual' becomes 'l' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'articles' becomes 'a the' ('a' and 'the', indefinite and definite articles).
'l'+'athe'='LATHE'

'out' is the link.

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(Other definitions for lathe that I've seen before include "8 [TURNER]" , "Machine that turns wood or metal for cutting" , "Rotating machine tool" , "Turner's tool" , "Turner's machine" .)

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