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Opts for “Turns to the page before” (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prefers

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'opts for' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'turns to the page before' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'page' could be 'p' and 'p' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'refers' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for prefers that I've seen is " Favours".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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