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Press release about bishop — it's explosive (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

time bomb

'explosive' is the definition.

'press release about bishop' is the wordplay.
'press' becomes 'mob' (I've seen this before).
'release' becomes 'emit' (emitting is a kind of releasing**).
'about' says the letters should be written backwards.
'bishop' becomes 'b' (abbreviation used in chess).
'mob'+'emit'='mobemit'
'mobemit' reversed gives 'timebom'.
'timebom'+'b'='TIME-BOMB'

'it's' is the link.

(Other definitions for time bomb that I've seen before include "one could go off after a while" , "weapon" , "Scheduled report" , "Exploding ticker?" , "Preset explosive device" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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