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Recalled a little information (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

data

'information' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'recalled a little' is the wordplay.
'recalled' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'little' becomes 'tad'.
'a'+'tad'='atad'
'atad' in reverse letter order is 'DATA'.

(Other definitions for data that I've seen before include "information from bank" , "Raw facts" , "Collection of items of information" , "Numerical information" , "Facts and figures as fed to computers (4)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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