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Piece of news I encountered on return (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

item

'piece of news' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'i encountered on return' is the wordplay.
'encountered' becomes 'met' ('meet' can be a synonym of 'encounter').
'on return' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'met' backwards is 'tem'.
'i'+'tem'='ITEM'

(Other definitions for item that I've seen before include "Piece in paper" , "Two lovers as one" , "A thing or unit" , "Report" , "partners" .)

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