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Mr. Kelly's is the first book (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

genesis

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'first book' is the definition.
(first book of the Bible)

'mr kelly's is' is the wordplay.
'mr kelly' becomes 'genes' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'genes'+'is'='GENESIS'

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for genesis that I've seen before include "rock band" , "name of group" , "Origin; Bible book" , "First book of the Bible" , "religious book?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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