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Series of notes about guy who was official in Rome (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tribune

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'series of notes about guy who was official in rome' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'series of notes about guy' is the wordplay.
'series of notes' becomes 'tune' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'guy' becomes 'rib' (both can mean to tease).
'tune' placed around 'rib' is 'TRIBUNE'.

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(Other definitions for tribune that I've seen before include "Roman people's official" , "Official upholder of the people's rights" , "basilica" , "Popular demagogue" , "Ancient Roman official, church dais" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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