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Made up a story about a newspaper getting stolen (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lifted

'stolen' is the definition.
(lifting is a kind of stealing)

'made up a story about a newspaper' is the wordplay.
'made up a story' becomes 'lied' (I've seen this before).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'a newspaper' becomes 'ft'.
'lied' enclosing 'ft' is 'LIFTED'.

'getting' is the link.

(Other definitions for lifted that I've seen before include "Held up" , "Raised or elevated" , "Picked up" , "Raised to a higher position" , "Raised up or informally stolen" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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