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Organised resales around November for authenticity (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

realness

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

'organised resales around november' is the wordplay.
'organised' indicates anagramming the letters.
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'november' becomes 'N' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'resales' anagrammed gives 'realess'.
'realess' enclosing 'n' is 'REALNESS'.

'for' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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