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Number, for example, found in Bury? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

integer

'number' is the definition.
(integer is a kind of number)

'example found in bury?' is the wordplay.
'example' becomes 'eg'.
'found in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bury?' becomes 'inter' ('inter' can be a synonym of 'bury').
'eg' placed into 'inter' is 'INTEGER'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for integer that I've seen before include "Treeing (anag.)" , "one or two, perhaps" , "One for example" , "Perhaps 60,000" , "rational number remains" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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