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Sid rose awkwardly to get file (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dossier

'file' is the definition.
(both can mean a collection of information)

'sid rose awkwardly' is the wordplay.
'awkwardly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'sid'+'rose'='sidrose'
'sidrose' anagrammed gives 'DOSSIER'.

'to get' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for dossier that I've seen before include "Collection of documents on a topic" , "brief" , "Collection of documents on a subject" , "Record" , "Set of papers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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