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Possibly a last book (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

atlas

'book' is the definition.
(atlas is a kind of book)

'possibly a last' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'last'='alast'
'alast' with letters rearranged gives 'ATLAS'.

(Other definitions for atlas that I've seen before include "Ballistic missile" , "Titan compelled by Zeus to support the sky" , "Sky carrier - map book" , "Set of charts" , "collected world records?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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