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Material used when writing intro Yeats devised (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stationery

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'material' is the definition.
(stationery is a kind of material)

'intro yeats devised' is the wordplay.
'devised' indicates an anagram.
'intro'+'yeats'='introyeats'
'introyeats' is an anagram of 'STATIONERY'.

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(Other definitions for stationery that I've seen before include "The papers, etc" , "Pens, pencils, paper etc" , "Writer's needs" , "Treasury tags, for instance" , "Writing material" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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