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News it would seem wrong to drop in with (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

message

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'news' is the definition.
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'seem wrong to drop in with' is the wordplay.
'wrong' indicates an anagram.
'to drop' becomes 'sag' (sagging is a kind of dropping).
'in with' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'seem' with letters rearranged gives 'mese'.
'mese' placed around 'sag' is 'MESSAGE'.

'it would' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for message that I've seen before include "Communication that is sent" , "Signal" , "Verbal or written communication" , "Missive" , "Spoken or written communication" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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