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Peripheral sort announcing another's news? (5)

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outer

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(Other definitions for outer that I've seen before include "External kind of route" , "Objective" , "Surrounding" , "Poor shot" , "Exterior or external, like space" .)

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