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Retaining margins of these, forgo random adjustment of shape and size (6)

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format

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(Other definitions for format that I've seen before include "The shape and size, of a book say" , "Way of presentation" , "Prepare (a disk) for data" , "Arrangement or lay-out, say of book" , "The way something is arranged or set out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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