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Overdue book delighted! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

belated

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

'book delighted' is the wordplay.
'book' becomes 'b' (abbreviation for book).
'delighted' becomes 'elated' (I've seen this before).
'b'+'elated'='BELATED'

(Other definitions for belated that I've seen before include "Tardy" , "delayed" , "Out of date" , "Coming too late" , "After the proper time" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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