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Paper label, look, with identification (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tabloid

'paper' is the definition.
(tabloid is a kind of paper)

'label look with identification' is the wordplay.
'label' becomes 'tab' (I've seen this before).
'look' becomes 'lo'.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'identification' becomes 'id'.
'tab'+'lo'+'id'='TABLOID'

(Other definitions for tabloid that I've seen before include "Small-format newspaper" , "A bit old (anag)" , "Newspaper with half-size pages" , "Smaller-sized newspaper" , "Small size newspaper" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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