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Retail true rubbish? That's what you get from bookshops (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

literature

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'what you get from bookshops' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'retail true rubbish?' is the wordplay.
'rubbish?' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'rubbished' mean this).
'retail'+'true'='retailtrue'
'retailtrue' anagrammed gives 'LITERATURE'.

'that's' is the link.

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(Other definitions for literature that I've seen before include "Books, writing, etc" , "Written works of artistic merit" , "fliers" , "Printed matter" , "What author writes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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