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Rep books after a period (5)

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I believe the answer is:

agent

'rep' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'books after a period' is the wordplay.
'books' becomes 'NT' (New Testament).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'a period' becomes 'age' (age is a kind of period).
'nt' after 'age' is 'AGENT'.

(Other definitions for agent that I've seen before include "Catalyst" , "Middleman" , "One's representative" , "Spy; service provider" , "Substance that exerts some force or effect" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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