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Novel letter on the blue side (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

story

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'novel' is the definition.
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'on the blue side' is the wordplay.
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'the blue' becomes 'tory' (I've seen this before).
'side' becomes 's' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'tory' after 's' is 'STORY'.

'letter' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for story that I've seen before include "Narration" , "Tale - lie" , "Narrative or account" , "See 10 and 19" , "Rumour" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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