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Representative period with book (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agent

'representative' is the definition.
(agent is a kind of representative)

'period with book' is the wordplay.
'period' becomes 'age' (age is a kind of period).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'book' becomes 'nt' (New Testament).
'age'+'nt'='AGENT'

(Other definitions for agent that I've seen before include "Dealer" , "Double-zero-seven, for example" , "Representative - means" , "Sales rep" , "One acting on behalf of another" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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