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She makes me return the papers (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

empress

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'she' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'me return the papers' is the wordplay.
'return' is a reversal indicator.
'the papers' becomes 'press' (the newspaper industry).
'me' reversed gives 'em'.
'em'+'press'='EMPRESS'

'makes' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for empress that I've seen before include "1 across was from 1877" , "She rules over vast territories" , "Female ruler" , "Catherine the Great, for example" , "Queen Victoria was one" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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