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Piece of work runs into bar (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

excerpt

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

'runs into bar' is the wordplay.
'runs' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bar' becomes 'except' (both can mean 'not including').
'r' inserted into 'except' is 'EXCERPT'.

(Other definitions for excerpt that I've seen before include "bit of work" , "Passage from literature or music" , "A selection or passage from" , "Sample of work" , "Piece (of music or book)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Independent.
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