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Obscure book? This description might help (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blurb

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'this description might help' is the definition.
'blurb' can be an answer for 'description' (I have seen 'Promotional description' mean 'blurb' so perhaps 'description' could also mean 'blurb'). I am unsure of the remainder of the definition.

'obscure book?' is the wordplay.
'obscure' becomes 'blur' (both can mean to vague or indistinct).
'book?' becomes 'b' (abbreviation for book).
'blur'+'b'='BLURB'

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(Other definitions for blurb that I've seen before include "Advertising text" , "Publisher's book description" , "Advertising description praising something" , "Fulsome advertising matter" , "stuff on jacket" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Times.
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