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Play books set on top of celebrity magazine (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

othello

'play' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'books set on top of celebrity magazine' is the wordplay.
'books' becomes 'ot' (Old Testament).
'set on top of' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'celebrity magazine' becomes 'hello' (Hello is a celebrity magazine).
'ot'+'hello'='OTHELLO'

(Other definitions for othello that I've seen before include "drama!" , "game with counters" , "Shakespearean play" , "Literary character" , "product of 12 [SHAKESPEARE] , inspiring 6 [VERDI]" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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