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Passage from old pamphlet (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

extract

'passage' is the definition.
(extract is a kind of passage)

'old pamphlet' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'ex'.
'pamphlet' becomes 'tract' ('tract' can be a synonym of 'pamphlet').
'ex'+'tract'='EXTRACT'

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for extract that I've seen before include "Pluck out" , "Take out by force, say a tooth" , "Forcibly draw out" , "Short passage (of text)" , "Part" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Guardian.
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