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Offer more to obtain lots of available British papers (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

outbid

'offer more' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'lots of available british papers' is the wordplay.
'lots of' means to remove the last letter (the majority of the word).
'available' becomes 'out' (I've seen this in other clues).
'british' becomes 'br'.
'papers' becomes 'id' (identification papers).
'out'+'br'='outbr'
'outbr' with its last letter taken off is 'outb'.
'outb'+'id'='OUTBID'

'to obtain' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for outbid that I've seen before include "Offer more than someone else" , "Offer more than a competitor at an auction" , "Go higher than another at an auction" , "Offer more for something than (another person)" , "But I do (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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